24 kisses awaited you at my back door
but you wanted more
you wanted a c major in your soup
and you wanted someone to adore from afar
and you wanted to desert a princess
and you wanted more than 24 kisses
you wanted a stoning
you had to be an adulteress
you wanted not a plush red carpet
because I gave you that
you wanted not the stars and the sky
because I gave you that
you wanted not eternity
because I handed that to you
and you teased with supple bites and nibblings
before you refused me rejected me
like you said you never would

24 kisses for you to drink down like coffee candy
but you wanted more
you wanted sewer slush in a fancy glass
and you wanted a stranger to turn away from
and you’d rather undress emily than me
and you wanted more than 24 kisses

you wanted a rain of toads
you had to be a teardrop
you wanted not an ember, a flame, in your name
because I gave you that
you wanted not the ocean and the sun
because I gave you that
you wanted not to be needed
because I needed you
and your disguised indifference
like slimy bits of rock in an oyster masquerading as pearls

24 kisses rushing in your riverbed
but you wanted more
my misguided affection soothed your frailty
the half light the moon gives off laughs at me
it loves the sidewalk it caresses
as I loved the girl whose soft smell enveloped me
with every few and far between hug
every goodbye was a distant whisper
a no in disguise
you wanted not the crown I offered
you wanted not the bliss I promised
im still waiting rather impatiently for you to say it was a promise
it was a mistake, it was a young love in the salty sea sand drunk who spoke to me as you

24 kisses in love with your mouth
24 kisses that havent even touched your check
24 kisses bathed in silver
in paper sanity
you want the waves tonight
you want the stars tonight
you want the girl down and dirty in the sand tonight
you want the boy in your mouth tonight
I cant say I know what you want
I only know you don’t want me