Anything

Anything

Water Signs
by Adrianne Lenker

Staring down the barrel of the hot sun

Shining with the sheen of a shotgun

Carol has a little if we need some

Joa has a ride if we wanna come

Hanging your jeans with a clothespin

Skin still wet still on my skin

Mango in your mouth, juice dripping

Shoulder of your shirtsleeve slipping

Christmas eve with your mother and sis

Don't wanna fight but your mother insists

Dog's white teeth slice right through my fist

Drive to the ER and they put me on risk

Grocery store list, now you get pissed

Unchecked calls and messages

I don't wanna be the owner of your fantasy

I just wanna be a part of your family

And I don't wanna talk about anything

I don't wanna talk about anything

I wanna kiss, kiss your eyes again

Wanna witness your eyes looking

I don't wanna talk about anyone

I don't wanna talk about anyone

I wanna sleep in your car while you're driving

Lay in your lap when I'm crying

Circle of pine and red oak

Circle of moss and fire smoke

Fan on the ceiling like a wheel spoke

Push the clutch in and I pull the choke

Wanna listen to the sound of you blinking

Wanna listen to your hands soothe

Listen to your heart beating

Listen to the way you move

Weren't we the stars in Heaven

Weren't we the salt in the sea

Dragon in the new warm mountain

Didn't you believe in me?

You held me the whole way through

When I couldn't say the words like you

I was scared Indigo but I wanted to

I was scared Indigo but I wanted to

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