we were active behind her back
you say you like variety and a quick change of pace

phone calls you out
i am left behind in soot with puzzles
and not my nephews smoking
one hour at the most turns to seven
and a warrant
and a favor

underground away trapped
mind games and favors
ranking systems
and an ass worth money
drain the pool
exit up the elevator
pass a new horror every floor

first to the water where we sat
tiles clean and smooth
next to the sand
and tiles granular and gritty

now you know
everything I could ever want
you think
you read my phone
my receipts
my search history

i leave my tracker by the water where we sat
and continue disconnected

the families who co-mingled with the goats
bore children to be centaurs
so I named their houses accordingly
till highbred denial
poisoned my plate

guilty by association,
guilty by assist
guilty by action

earlier, i was looking for a moldable magnet
i made friends with other witches
one who had grown to care for the bees
beyond purchase and packaging

I was staying in Louis V stately estate
and attending lectures
she was in a space that was secret, but sterile
and not over the bridge to other people enough
her face was over-worn.

again, current, at the end.
I am queen and people over assist me
I am trying to hop a fence being pulled open
I am walking through glass when the gate a jar
They are trying to make me complacent
 and weaken my grip on matter

(I heard our songs coming out a window of the university and i flew
in cognito to a closer look)