For Michiel

In The Grass

Eight.


I see us all over the house.
But not in our photos
or in our clothes.

I see us in the pairs.

I see us in the shoes,
In the socks,
chopsticks
and
corn holders

I see us in the brita pitcher and the filter,
In mismatched shoe-laces,
cufflinks
and
earings


I see us in Rootbeer and Vanilla ice cream
In a sundae with extra butterscotch
Pickles and peanut butter
and
netflix and chill

I see us in cups and saucers
In a pair of dice
Raindrops and lightning
and
Both your eyes rolling when I shop too much.


I see us in my thumbs
When you say

"Who loves me, baby?"

And I point them back at myself and laugh

"This girl does."
This girl does.