She's leaving

She flies through the night

on a vacuum of gold



She’s drunk



a green fairy



every other day



She bought a loquacious parrot

with the rent money

She’s leaving

and

she’s not coming back.

She thought that tuna were the type that spawn

She’s wrong



about almost everything



Her eyes are the warmest turquoise

I’ve ever seen



She’s leaving

and

she’s not coming back.



She swam with a dolphin in Miami

and caught a cough



She played the cymbals in the high school marching band



She still has the scar where her last boyfriend

hit her

with a curtain rod

by accident

she said…



She’s leaving

and

she’s not coming back.



I thought



I saw her running across a field in her field hockey uniform



I thought



I saw her walking on that beach I always see when I close my eyes



I thought



I saw her by the side of the road

wearing a diaper

and a serial killer smile

holding a sign that read:

“Cape Canaveral or Bust”



I thought I saw her



But I didn’t.



She’s gone.



And she’s not coming back.