7. my nine
I heard the marbles crash.
I saw them hit the wood.
You’re clumsy with love.
Always have been except the one time.
Sweaty palms when it comes to love.
Everyone thinks you’re so good at it.
But you walk on the field and fumble.
I’m sorry it ended that way.
Normally, you don’t care that much.
Normally, you find the flaw first.
Not this time.
I let you think what you thought.
Isn’t that what drove you crazy?
You can’t stand how easy it is for me.
You always had to be so gentle about it.
Stowing it behind trees where no one could see.
I throw love off the highest cliff.
Then do it again. Bigger. And. Louder.
You wondered the meaning of 9 before.
Now, you know.