revenge and catharsis, two cheeks on the same butt

a coin threw me into a well
once
and down there for days i said
"colors are overrated, anyway,"
overandoverand
i turned whirlpools with fingertips, pale as cave fish,
my icy eyelashes kissing each other.

but when lassie pulled me out by my collar
and dragged me to the weeds,
i cried
and screamed
"i'm sorry."

even though i'm pretty sure
i didn't mean it.