Naghmeh Sharifi is a poet and writer.

 

Cheat

 

I’d cheat on me any day

I’d sleep my way to the top of me

Just so I can look down and notice me looking up

So I can sympathize and eulogize, erase and remind me

All at once

I’d be my bloated bloodless period

Swingy with lingering cramps

I’d tilt my head

And see

A narcissism perfectly mirrored

 

I’d be weighing on my shoulders