"I've got a bad liver and a broken heart,"

sin &
chocolate chip pancakes
and rosary beads that are the
same color as the nail polish on her
fingers as they sit wrapped around the neck
of a half-empty bottle she lifts from
the counter to her lips for

a long,

           slow

                   drink.

she could almost see her reflection on
an uncovered side of the now-empty
bottle she set down, licking her lips and
remembering his.
                         " another one, please. "

this sound, this scent, it all belongs to you,
my darling, but now you'll only taste like
chocolate chip pancakes
& sin