I Stay, in Twos: for Eli

I Stay, in Twos
for Eli


I stay
At a

Friend's house
While he

Is out
Of town.

Mourning
Doves cry

Outside
The win-

Dow, as
Though they

Were fuck-
Ing or

Killing
Each ot-

Her. It
Does not

Matter
Which, yes?


L. Steve Schmersal, I Stay, in Twos, November 2015