[maine is for lovers] xii

“after i brush my teeth,
and i crawl into bed,
can i call you?”

“mhmm”,
she says

always
will she accept,
as i will
always
ask

until recently
i’ve been crazy,
really
crazy

and every night
after i have toiled the
earth of my mind
she pardons me
because she thinks of me
as a good man