Mandible

I am going to buy this house

and burn it down.

You will say I was crazy

that you hadn’t seen me

in the weeks before

I did it.

I am going to buy a rifle

and start a civil war.

I will hold it to your head

and place my finger on the trigger,

like your lips on my temple

and I will ask you

where my most peculiar

freckle is, do you know

where my hips are

in the dark.

It’s my way of asking

if you are strong enough

to be enamored.

What happens in nighttime

is sending me to hell.

I am going to buy this house

and burn it down.

You will say it is all

my fault and

We will dance in the ashes

and you will wonder

why nobody has really ever

truly

touched you.