“Before you leave,
please know this;
I’d rather be the girl
whose name dies at your lips
every time you try to speak of me,
than a girl
you tell stories about
at parties.
What I’m saying is this,
darling.
I’d rather be your absinthe,
than your cup of tea.”
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