Let's Ruin Our Lives Poem by Justin Tallman

Let's ruin our lives
with words
not well thought out
when spoken
sounds like a disease
chewing
and spitting
our flesh
'til the bone
is bare
and clean

Let's ruin our lives
tonight
then forget about before
the words
we tasted
forget about the bitter
and sweet
after taste

Let's ruin our lives
once and for all
with the words
which meant nothing
when spoken
but heard as
a mushroom cloud

Let's ruin our lives
tonight
and never speak
at all