Numbers The colors of that goddamned old Digital clock Black and blue The colors of her dreams

The colors of her hair The colors of her legs. 12:35 Inauspicious. So much better if shed looked at 12:34, 11:11, 12:12. But 12:35 doesnt add up right: 1+2=3 3+3=6 + 5 = 11 = 1+1=2 Only in this bed 1+1 never equals 2. 1+1 equals Fuck othirty 1+1 just an ugly melding Two bodies pressed into One nightmare Which inevitably yields another one. She games herself Minute to minute Holding her breath 12:36 = 12:37 = 12:38 Her last pregnancy Stillborn Black and blue The color of no air The color of his Fisted frenzy The color of a black night That cant come soon enough.