funny little white shapes

i still find them sometimes

those funny little shapes you put on your tongue

and every time i do i think

that they are no foreign object to me

until you let them get to you

and then i think

that they are invaders without a cause

taking you captive for god knows how long

so now i flush them out one by one

burning the bridge between your throat and the bottle

so that they never take you away from me

again