Hairline

Girl, you need a curve
to lower your tears into
not stack them
like shelves
but let them
fall
into a bend
in an arm
in a neck
and not have to name
them like children as
they leave you
not have to
remember your own name
as you fall
from the shelf
into a curve
of a waist
of a spine
of a hairline.

Mar 3, 2010