08. Every time you suffocate

Every time you suffocate you start over again, but it’s a dropcap that
rattles me awake, and I marvel. That you hold your [
‍ ‍ ]self so close to death and me
both. I don’t want to die [ I think ] I think I should convince
you to stay. Into your open mouth I breathe [ Knock
it off you idiot don’t take me with you]. I have thought of [ ] contin-
uity. I think over [ going ] Under. Over. Under. How simple
our woven limbs, my not-choosing to breathe. I think of untangling,
try to hold [ in. ] out. For morning.