The difference between two
comes out to zero
but our distance contains
every tear, all that saliva.
Billions of pulse pops
and heart pumps
pounded down the bridge
holding us connected.
Your mouth is a bank
calculating our debts
converting exchange rates.
I never realized I need
to track all my transactions.
The breakfasts, the gifts, the love.
Every gesture evenly returned in kind.
All so we could avoid interest.
When you smile at me
I don't remember if I love it.
If you laugh, it sounds like any other.
Whatever you do, whatever you say
feels pointless and cliche.
All of it measured and bordered
Until what we have couldn't be
Called anything except a lie.