Switchette

I.
i’m the kind of asshole
who will stand on the other
side of the room the whole
night, silently hoping
you will touch me.

why ask for the things i want
when i can do nothing
and complain?

very sensible.  perhaps i’ll go
outside and beg the dead trees
for money, next.

II.
all this is to say that
if i don’t ever find out
what your hands feel like
on the backs of my thighs
i will set this goddamn house
on fire.