the truth value of I love you
truth (n.)
I ask you what you meant.
you tell me you meant what you said.
I remind you that
1. semantic meaning and
2. speaker meaning
are different things,
so tell me what you meant.
pleasure (n.)
you smile at me. I’ve surprised you.
meaning (n.)
so tell me what you meant
when you said you wanted to
fuck (v.) me so bad right now
then stopped, and corrected yourself
and told me you wanted
to make love (v.)
to me.
to (p.)
I am confused by that preposition.
if it takes two to make love,
shouldn’t you make love
with (p.) me?
love (n.)
apparently, something that can be made
in an action by one individual
onto another.
*love (n.)
not a game,
a script.
did it just come out wrong
or did you just realize you were reading the wrong lines?
is there a you underneath all the parts you play
trying to speak to me?
whether we call it fucking
or making love,
the two stories have the same ending.
want (v.)
you said
you wanted to tell me you loved me.
as if it were a question, not a statement.
as if you were trying to ask me
if that was alright.
love (v.)
a word you used
in relation to me
that made the world drown out
that pulled me to you
like water down the drain
truth (n.)
something you can hold in a cup.
something that has no shape of its own.
so when the truth you’ve been holding in your mouth spills onto me in the words
I love you
I am left with a liquid I can’t label.
