Kleptomaniac

I have run out of electricity.

I would have eaten the sun

Had I known the lights behind my eyes

Would refuse to light up

When I welcomed you

Ever since you visited

Like a kleptomaniac

I have forgotten how to welcome another

To a house that can never belong to him

You dove into my body with mouthfuls.

I would have drank the ocean

Had I known I was not a tsunami enough

For a thirsty man

When I welcomed you

Ever since you visited

Like a kleptomaniac

My body has come to understand

Why it is that airports have a baggage allowance

-Nicole Ruth

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