Every You I Know
I'd like to say something
yes, I'd like to say something please
I want to tell you that
I dangle mango over my skin
that I use papaya in my hair
sometimes apple custard
I'd like to say I love to kiss you
that I love kissing you
that I would kiss you again
your wife too
I want you to know
that I can keep a secret
try not to have many of my own
I need you to understand
that I forgot what year it was
that I sometimes fall asleep early on Friday nights
I'd like to say you still move me
that miles away you seem close to me
I need you to know
that I am naked beneath these clothes
you are you are you are too
I want to tell you
I drink a lot of beer in the summer
that I love the sun
wear it like a new skin
I have to say that everything is beautiful today
maybe it's the hour
or the way my hair sweeps across my face
in a wave of May & papaya
or maybe it's that you exist
that maybe you have thought of me today
my name passed over your lips
or I danced across your mind
and this is enough
for everything to be beautiful
you are you are you are too
and nearly every you here is different
it is every you I know and it is you
you know I sleep through earthquakes
you know I conjure demons & celestial breezes
you know I sometimes dream about snakes
you know I like to sing
but there's more I'd like to say
yes, something else I'd like to say
I'd like to say that I don't know the future
I want you to know it takes some time
for me to forget some things
I carry the past in small pieces
I need you to know
that I will not apologize
for this summer-hot scent I give off
you know these things about me
you understand these things about me
and I'd like to say it has been a pleasure talking to you
I hope we can talk again soon
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