you origami me by Robert Lee Brewer

Paper Cranes [30/07/09] by KayVee.INC

you origami me

fold me into animal shapes and hold
me like paper you don't want to tear. i've
been here before. i've waited like money
and spent myself evenly across your
accounts of love. the time has come for our
withdrawal into the pleasures of night,
these simple transfers and deposits, these
points of interest. fold me as you will
and hold me longer still. i'm not a beast,
save when that's the only way you'll spend me.

                - Robert Lee Brewer

Robert Lee Brewer is the editor of Poet's Market and can be found at My Name Is Not Bob.