our honest cruelty

there are so many ways to be cruel. for instance me: i am strong
and i am getting stronger by the day and i am shaking you off me
like a dog shakes himself dry. this good thing cracking like a whip.
for instance you: so strong so beautiful so much brick and mortar.

there are so many ways to be cruel. for instance in our writing
about how we almost forgot eachother yesterday but for dreams.
that good thing to remind us how it’s not over and done with.
for instance: you have fallen in love with someone just like me.

there are so many ways to be cruel. for instance me one more time:
i say honest things to crowds of people about what we are not.
i say honest things that wrap around your belly like a snake.
you say honest things about how you don’t really give a shit.

there are so many ways to be cruel. for instance: you care.
for instance: i care. for instance: we both wish it were different.
but i will never spill the beans as i know how you love to count.
i will watch you burn. i will watch to see how honest are the flames.