Nervous Yet
Lina Tullgren
NERVOUS YET
absess
i’ll think less
i still feel like a tourist
call you on the phone
things you take when you’re alone
walk you ‘round the block
chinatown bus
and i keep on biting the inside of my lip
when i’m not even nervous yet
ghost ship
tight lipped
kiss i’d give when i didn’t want to be intimate
and realize
how wise
you weren’t before
but if living is patience
and grief to rely on
then i’m not even nervous yet
but i’m alone and i am laughing
all alone and i am laughing
all alone but i am laughing
all alone but i am laughing
and i keep on biting the inside of my lip
when i’m not even nervous yet