there is only love by Bogdan Dragos

She doesn't want to see
people
on the weekend

only her
cat

She gets drunk by herself
and then rummages through
her books
and reads the last pages
of several romance novels
and starts crying

When she cries
she holds the
cat's head like
a goblet
and clasps its ears with
her lips
and sucks on them,
making the poor
animal uncomfortable

And if the cat
runs away
she gets really sad

She writes positive
affirmations on
pieces of paper she
rips from
books

GOD IS MY SUPPLY OF LOVE

IN GOD'S NAME, I AM LOVE

THERE IS ONLY LOVE
LOVING ITSELF
AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS

then she eats the
papers
or crumples and
shoves them
deep between her
legs,
strengthening her faith
in the power of
the word

eventually she
falls asleep
and dreams of an
umbilical cord floating
through space,
seeking to wrap itself
around a planet shaped as
a baby's head,
wanting to strangle, to
crush it

but it never
succeeds

Eventually she awakens
and starts
writing poems