By the time I cross the park to get to your door, the tea will be cold. Can we drink it anyway, on your crumbling porch steps? What can you tell me about tenderness, your first time in Ohio? Did someone kiss you or call you faggot or both?

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Did someone kiss you or call you faggot or both? It was spring & every flower was new. I took pictures & sent them. What is this one called? At least one garden gay in every group text. They can tell you not only the name but how to grow it & pick it & grow it again.

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How to grow it & pick it & grow it again: tenderness, what can you tell me about crumbling porch steps, how drinking tea, even cold, is like the moment you cross the state line to home? By the time I cross the park to get to your door, it's your first time in Ohio. I take pictures & send them.

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I take pictures & send them—flowers, not nudes. At least one garden gay in every group text. Tenderness: what I need to know about arriving at your door. I have seen more crumble than Ohio porch steps, than home. Did someone kiss you or call you faggot or both? It is spring & every flower is new.