NDA

Sofia Banzhaf​

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i hesitated —

you're not at equine grief camp anymore, he said

no wet muzzle to feed raspberries to

but instead constant lineation

everything according to union rules

 

i am always asking to be seen

but here i am too

looked at

 

a camera always suddenly appearing

behind some fern

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My show is on

Sofia Banzhaf

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Never have I ever been caught 

speeding with a pineapple 

on my dashboard

returning to Manhattan to see you

one more time before your move

 

(I tried to explain this

wretched and full-throttle 

like supermodels speaking in the street

but I could not charm the officer)

 

Never have I ever climbed that chrome tower

you took me to, alone and coughing

hoping I'd turn to moss

Unfeeling but somehow soft

 

(I have swum in green lakes

balancing a blade for you in reverence 

everything unfinished, suspended 

with summer's end too close)

 

Never have I ever killed 

every single cockroach

because I do respect their lust 

for careening and to be frank

could use a little show

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