Milk and Cereal,
Tea and Cake.
I'm barely awake.

Would you mind if I cried now?
Would you mind if I sat down and cried?
Could I trouble you for a kleenex?
Could I trouble you for a shoulder to lean on?
Could you hold my outsides
Until I'm all right inside,
No matter how long it takes?

Comforter and pillow,
Mattress box springs.
The phone never rings.

What am I looking for?
What do I want from this life?
Am I too smart for my own good?
Am I too nice for my own good?
Do I ask too many questions?
Does my hunger for self-knowledge bother you?
Can I please just explode?

Pencil on paper,
Needle and thread.
I am going to grow old,
And someday I'll be dead,
And someday I'll be dead,
And someday I'll be dead.

Soft rubber gloves,
Surgical steel knife.
Let's save your soul for tomorrow,
I'll see you in the next life.