Because of a word
and its associated
number I heard,
my only real
concern when camera-
shopping is the megapixel.
*
Because of some cartoon
character's
casual expression,
honeydew
is
the money-melon.
*
Because of a book
mom read
when we were six,
gluttony is a concern—
and chocolate's a
legitimate trigger. And
ever since
that movie my brother
made us all
watch once, Ancient
Egypt is forever
conflated with godless deep space.
*
I still want to show you the way I love you,
only these days, I don't
know how—guess
I never even noticed
all those
shortcuts I was taking
whenever I chose
to just—write you a song.
(But because of
a pact that we
made back in
college, we can never break-
up ever again anyway, so maybe
it doesn't matter?—how often
I hurt you.)
*
Because of—fuck,
I don't even
know
what—quick-and-
dirty has
lately become
some
sort of
virtue.