Crimes

I'm mopping up my words

Like there are spaces they shouldn't be spoken in

Careful, detective work with our own spills

Wiping the excess where love and care bleed

"I don't want to um

sleep."

Just like that. I know. I know.

"You have something just there on your

cheek." or- "I just couldn't help it, I just

had to tell you first." or- "I still have it, y'know."

You know?

Scrub ourselves clean.