Therapy popped you out again
like a rotten vegetable in the garden—
the twelve years
I spent as your sponge,
and now, the boxes I’ve spent
too much time going through
while you sip matcha lattes
bought with the green money of my soul.
You insect,
still squiggly on the microscope slide—
but, as therapy goes,
I’m meant to look,
rummage through the ghost files,
craft taxonomy from crazy.
But, from the way I see it
now, buzz off—
you should be the one
in here.
© 2025 Jennifer Wagner