
I was an extra in a film, a part of my job that is not regularly part of my job.
I shone yesterday night's mess, egg salad spilling from the corners of my lips.
I listened to the film crew argue semantics, taking my last few bites.
swallow.
I wonder who he fucked, I thought.
I wonder if he wants to be mine, I pondered.
Amidst the white bread, the peppercorn, the horrid tone mulling in the air, I was revisited by our bodies, moaning and thriving. Connected under multiple spells of past midnight, locked stare, clamped jaw, skin envy, kiss
& that's when the camera panned. Capturing the moment where my heart lay heavy on my plate.
No food to be consumed, just ache.
When the room fell silent, I knew what they'd seen, but I pretended my sadness came with the end of my sandwich.
I'm quite good at acting.


