Privileges - Born Without Bones

I’m eating dinner alone

I’m writing face down on the table

Crossing vowels spilling over consonants

I’m waiting hungry like a drone for something worth moving for

Why am I so still, so shrill?

Why can’t I show what I’m made of?

Dirty socks fill my drawers

Empty glasses provide company

I make this mess so I can lift my hands for the inclination

I’ve had enough of the heat

I want to wear my coat again

How can I erase what I have misplaced?

I am so glad that you are not around

I am sleeping alone

To the sound of war drums

And the voice in my head speaking in third person

I seem more so like a dream but I can’t get it right

I rewrite over and over and over

Why can’t I just fall in your line?

Why can’t I just see that light?

Cause I don’t believe in war or god or poetic ammunition

I’ve had enough of the heat

I want to wear my coat again

How can I erase what I have misplaced?

I am so glad that you are not around

I’m so fucking sick of exit signs

Kevin slow down this is my exit

I just want to be no one else but me

Cause I am too proud to take advantage of your privileges

Your privileges.

I just want to be no one else but me cause I am too proud to

take advantage of your privileges

Your privileges.

I just want to be no one else but me cause I am too proud to

eat another meal alone

I’m writing face down on the table

Crossing vowels spilling over consonants