i pretended i couldn't hear
when you said you had to go home
i knew this time
it was goodbye
and not goodnight
i turned the water hotter
to compensate for the iciness in your words
peeking thru the curtain i see you write
"i love you"
in the steamed mirror
i bury my head in the scalding water
hoping to wash my head of you
like you've washed your hands of me
