It’s called “the denouement”. It’s about Zelda.
13 years
13 years
I peered through the bars of
your wintry love into the flame
and I saw the future
laying on the kitchen floor in 2022 -
13 years
13 years and decreasing -
I declared to you
that you'd see the end of it all
but not much more
11 years
10
you fancy yourself inimitable
invincible
sophomoric survivor
but you drink your rage and heartbreak
9 years
9 years
I know the signs of alcohol poisoning from
watching my first husband
watching my father
8 years –
you terrified me the first time
scarcely a week in
7 years
and you cheated the first time when
we’d barely been together for two months
I thought I could finally rest
fucking fool was I
6 years
6 years left
I watch you try to outrun your demons
again
again
again
but they've always been faster
or perhaps you've always loved them more
than you could ever love me
5 years
4 years
and I watch the tests roll in
I know how it goes
first the heart
then the kidneys
then the liver
then the rest
then the cash out, the flare out
alone
when you are spent
who will be there to catch you
except the bottom of the bottle?
-Allēna
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