all i want

all i want is for someone

not my family

to look at my life and say

wow

that's pretty cool

and have dinner with me

and walk with me

and touch me

and say i love the way you fold the laundry

and say i love the way you organize the kitchen

and say i love the way you sweep the floor

and say i love you

and come back the next day

to see what happens next

and to let me do all that in return

forever

let me wrap myself

like cellophane

around you

and take your shape

suffocating you

preserving you

keeping you together

like a sandwich

and when you take me off

i'll still smell like you

i'll have your crumbs stuck in my folds

and when you crumple me up and toss me

i'll still be holding your shape in a way

mangled and squished but definitely shaped like you

i could be the sandwich

put me together

i'd prefer to be swiss but you can choose whatever

i'm fine if you cut my crusts off

i understand that you might find them gross

but you do have to cut them yourself

bite into me, through every layer and texture

think about where each ingredient came from

and why you chose them

let me fill your stomach and satisfy you

don't leave any crumbs behind

metabolize me

make me a part of you

let me go to your thighs and belly

let me build you a muscular back and legs

let me flow through your blood and into your brain

let me be a part of you

i want to own you

i want you to be mine

let me pick out your outfits

let me cook and feed you

let me brush your hair and exfoliate your back in the shower

i want you to own me

i want to be yours

tell me what to read

tell me where to drive you

tell me to hold your bags while you shop

tell me how to be a man