A leaving the length of an answer

Ophelia by John Everett Millais, Oil on canvas, 1851-1852.

M: “You’re sure?”

Y: “No.”

M: “No?”

Y: “No.”

M: And you’re holding me how water holds bubbles, but I can’t say that to you, so I wrap my seaweed legs around your drowning waist, rock-ed pockets, and you don’t push away.

M: “I love you.”

Y: “I know.”

M: “You know?”

Y: “I know.”

M: You know, you know, you know, you know, you know

M: “Are you—”

Y: “No.”

M: “No?”

Y: “No.”

M: You’re not drowning, I realize, you’ve just always been submerged. I’m the one und...