or: "the Apple of Your iPhone"
from a collection by Gary Knapton entitled "Secrets & Lies"
remember how we met across a crowded room ?
you flashed the cash and took me home
i knew you instantly and soon intimately
over the last ten years i lost so much weight to make you still love me
you cradled me to your ear and i knew you were mine
in china i was made for you
nickel from canada
cadmium from japan
i put precious metals in the hands of my man
you told me all your secrets
gave me all your truths
and when you couldn't find me you would panic
later you'd hold me so tight
you'd have me turned on all night
i was precious
worth something ?
one hundred and sixty characters or less
how could you not read between the lines when
between the lines is all there is ?
you plug me in and think you've put me on charge
oh darling!
i put you on charge every waking second
here's a test:
leave me behind for a few hours
do you think she'll open me and check your messages ?
get me to tell her the real you ?
can you hear the deadening violence of secrets smashed in silence ?
with me you're always on a charge of getting found out
i am all your security and insecurity
where would you be without me ?
how come you never dare see ?
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