To Leave

Leave me at your gate this evening,
After we get drinks and change our clothes.
Let me wonder if I love you
After we nap together and watch a show.
Let me wait for you on the porch
After breakfast, then I’ll feel
Less attached than I do now.
Let me down with having to talk
After lunch, confessions to hide.
Leave me at your gate tomorrow evening,
When nothing is wrong and everything’s
Fine.

Dustin Radke is originally from St. Louis, MO. His work has been featured in the DeLuge Journal and Meniscus Magazine, among other places. He currently lives on the North Shore of Oahu.