untitled (8 of 10)

when I'm by myself and I've had too much coffee

or too much wine

or too much coffee then too much wine

or too much wine then too much coffee. 

a lukewarm milky intoxication.

room temp and tepid. 

wish you would pick me up.  

wish to-do so-many things

make up my mind and do them 

I'm tired and it's tomorrow 

but it's still today. 

because 8 of 10 thoughts drift to you. 

because there are still hairs of yours

in my hair brush 

that is yours. 

because I have the picture of us 

behind a pile on the dresser

our foreheads showing.