the never queen

1. we caught a shoplifter
an amateur
a young girl
nineteen maybe

(she eats glass
just to get out of the house
it feels more real than any
occupation of the anthill)

2. she'd been in the day before
doing the same thing
wearing the same thing
daisy yellow tanktop
short shorts and long legs
dishwater blonde
now let it sink in

(beating heart
blister pack
hard nipples
cold pills)

3. caught she cried
like there were spotlights
like she just realized
no one notices you
till you do something wrong

(she blows
her chances
like bubbles
like kids
in endless summers
no consequences
non-existence exists
somewhere
over the counter)