: rememberance :

a milestone you won't remember
reminiscent now of a tombstone
a zodiac ago
we committed
to the first of our 'tiny deaths'
to roll our eyes back
and attack each other
like carnivorous animals
never sleeping
grasping
turgid
bursting in nova joy
a connection made
that I was sure
would be uncontested

i remove this photo from the album
as i commemorate the date with a reenactment
the same pose
a different face
i bury our photos under the tombstone
with the other refuse:
letters
art
promises broken before they were made