Amorak Huey

Ode to Infidelity

it’s only ever been you but jesus there are so many versions of me
climbing into this bed every night

they say people behaving extravagantly want to be caught
all I want is to be held

what are you looking for when you climb onto me
what late-night sounds wake you

is it too warm in here
is it me

I’m calling no one else’s name
no one else is answering

all I want is you to look at me
tell me something true

about this life we’ve built
one slow rhyme after another

one small patient lie at a time
one warm-hot night at a time

tell me I’m right
about what it means to be touched

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