You tap your mug
Three times
Then stare
At the crooked frame
Like it’s my fault it leans
You say my name
Half-right
Half gone
Like a word you learned
Then lost in a dream
Off-key heart
Still beating in your kitchen
Wrong-note love
But it’s got its own rhythm
You roll your eyes
I roll with every part
Of your off-key
Off-key heart
You change your shirt
Three times
Then shrug
Drop a joke so flat
But I laugh too hard
You hum a tune
That falls off the stairs
Miss a step or two
Still lands in my arms
