Teeth

I am brushing my teeth

After midnight, and you're far away from me

Overhead lights make it look like I might be dying

Eyes shot with red

Searching my reflection

Sallow skin and full lips

And a scar on her chin

My body is there

I know it, though I can't see her shape

I miss you as you're leaving

Part of me just wishes it could stay

The same, the same, the same, the same, the same

The same, the same, the same, the same, the same

There are bugs on the ceiling

They've been stuck there for months

And I know that they're there

I just try not to look up

We talked for 20 minutes

You in the Midwest, and me here, in our bed

And I hate to be distracted

I love to hear you laughing

My body is here

I know it, though I can't see her shape

I miss you as you're leaving

Part of me just wishes it could stay

The same, the same, the same, the same, the same

The same, the same, the same, the same, the same

The same, the same, the same, the same, the same

The same, the same, the same, the same, the same

I am brushing my teeth

After midnight, and you're far away