Check, Check

Clues
not on paper are

not
on paper we exist
as outlines/splinters; un-whispered

Crude and tender and
there are too many scarves in our apartment
etcetera,
the cacti are dying—
such are the causes of Ex,

which had been
a mistake
in the making all along.

Who
buys new pots anyway?
Like q-tips,
and scribbles me
onto the list.