food court

i want to let my love be greedy 
& gorged on funnel cake fries.
in the skylight world
there are false trees & there are real ones.
the difference is who is looking.
walking with my friends
& desperately trying to pretend
to be human. there was an afternoon
i looked at my fingers & thought
"how does anyone move?"
at the food court i accepted 
a sample of general tso's chicken 
with no intention of eating it.
aimless with a glaed planet. 
coming together in the name of salt
& sugar. a plastic fork.
your face coming off on a napkin
& we laugh because that's
all you can do. a warm pickle.
a red tray. highways that turn blue
from holding their breath.
i wanted to live there. chorus
of mouths. tongues like charmed lizards.
teach me how to be a pilot. tell me
i am not just a water fountain.
drinking myself into a waterfall.
my legs turned to oars.
let's go home. let's go home right now
i'm thinking but you are still
a hamburger. you promised me
you would come back. you promised me
you would be a girl too if i was.