I can tell the future

Break up with me!

I can tell you want to

Do it now before the meat thaws

And before I finish my painting

I’m doing blues and purples 

End things with me before I take my contacts out 

Do it before I resolve my anxieties in therapy

Do it before I cook for my family

Tell me before I start this garden project

Before my hangover fades

Before I get cranky

Declare you don’t love me anymore 

Write it down but offer to talk about it 

Say it to the beat of the dryer hum

Sing it to the pattern of a prank

Holler it over the slush of my bike in the puddles

Sew it into the lining of my hat

Kiss it over my cheeks and tell me I’m sweet

But you need a different kind of intimacy 

A kind I can’t possibly offer