i bathe in the
(chalkdust)showers
underneath the wan
(dejection)reflection
of the midday moon

sloshing awkwardly
across the warped boards
swollen with
unshedtearsoflonging

exsanguinate this
vapid darkness from
collapsing vanity
circumnavigate
potential obscurities
in (saline)dreamshivers

until all that remains
is (chalkdust)choking
the tallow rejection
inherit in the midday moon