Jennifer Parkhill Instagram – I woulda made
a good drummer
my rhythm
is impeccable
I can’t play the piano
I’ve tried
.
maybe my fingers are too short
maybe this makes me a bad lesbian
.
is it really,
all in the hips?
.
the moon is hanging
mighty fine
in the sky tonight
and this walk. right?
cicadas buzzin
and jasmine
.
I wore your old T-shirt
to bed and—
.
I long for you most
in the graveyard
of where we
used to laugh
.
and where the ash
burned the holes
in the clothes like
a time stamp
.
your voice, a still small whisper
from somewhere—
yes, yes, you can
when I am all sure
that in fact I can’t
.
I wonder
If ever
the wind pushes its lips
to your cheek
and presses you to think
of me
.
I’m still writing you love letters.
.
they’re all addressed to myself.
.
still climbing
spider monkey
up the shelves
of the house we built
.
and they are full
of books
and letters
and anecdotes
modes of thinking
I take with me
.
a frog went hopping
across my street
on my walk tonight
like the ones we used to hear
.
their chirps would come
through the window
in that bedroom
where your grandmother’s
paintings live
.
and it felt untrue
that these frogs
that sound
could live here too
but they do
it turns out
they do
.
it’s all you
it’s all for you
.
you took your hands
and your hips
and left the glances
recognition
of second chances
.
your love was a window
to climb through
I didn’t learn
to love myself
till I lost you
.
and see
I’m still me
here I am
still here
trying to make
a laugh
a sound
you can hear
still here
trying
to make you
proud
of me
.
I’m still writing you letters.
.
.
.
📷 @adamcolemandp
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