i've heard mermaids singing

we need to stop getting drunk and having sex.


it would make a lot of sense.
it would make me feel a whole lot better about myself.


---


when she says

"i don't want to die."

what she actually means is:

i don't want to die young and fat.

and

_{i don't want to die in a hospital.}  


well, we don't always get what we want.


---


bare bones are on display
and "god" you say.

"god, it's bloody gorgeous."

and god -


well even he won't forgive us.


---


"it's like rain or something equally wonderful and immeasurable."
that's what you've heard.

well, i've heard that you don't know an awful lot about anything.
then again -

i swear i've heard mermaids singing and
you telling me you love me.

but how could that be true?

---

he says he likes it when she acts her fucking age and
"what's wrong?"


"i can't stop coughing up blood and –
crying and –
i can't sleep

and
and-
and

can we not just

please.
can we -"

---

i used to think it was just normal to find dead babies,
and now - i think it's far too hopeful to wish for children.

---

"we need to stop getting drunk and having sex."

we need to?

"it would make a lot of sense."

would it?

"it would make me feel a whole lot better about myself."


well, we don't always get what we want.