& by 
"let's watch a movie"
i mean 
i'm looking for
a slick
way to ask
you to 
hold me longer--
for approximately
1h45min to 2h30min--

this is how
i ask you 
to kiss me while 
the credits 
roll--faint 
ending
music falling
over us-- 
we lay dripping
with the names of
costume artists--
producers &
sound editors--
shake their
letters off
blankets--

when i say
"let's watch
a movie" i mean
oh love, will you
close
the blinds--
i don't want
the street lamps
to remind me
that beneath our
skin is only light 

i mean let
me set my earrings
on the end table--
i want to show
you how to unravel 
me sock by sock--
an inside out
t-shirt-- 
the foot steps
of my back--

i mean 
i'll teach you 
the constellations
only i know--
there-- can you
see the willow
tree from
the gravel road
behind my 
parent's house
-- it's arms of 
comets--
trunk thick
as orion's belt--

i'm really just 
asking you
how long you want
to hold me &
if my room is 
dark 
enough for
you to notice how
small i am

& how small
i feel loving you--

yes right there--
on the ceiling--
that's me heart--
only an arrangment
of stars--
a myth 
a constellation

i'm asking
you to trace
the lines on my hands
all the way 
down the streets 
outside--

come find me--
kiss me on 
the neck--
tell me
what you've been
thinking about
& i'll tell
you i've been
writing--
& writing
& writing &
writing

writing contellations
i can show
you--
writing my
mouth
across your chest--

when i say 
"let's watch a 
movie"

i mean--
here-- this is
how to love me--

treat me
gently-- 

my blood vessels
rapture--
supernova

for you