"Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out" by Richard Siken

Sorry about the bony elbows,

sorry we lived here,

sorry about the scene

at the bottom of the stairwell

and how I ruined everything

by saying it out loud.

Especially that

but I should have known. You see,

I take parts that I remember and stitch
them back together to make a creature that

will do what I say or love me back." --Richard Siken