which half of ur fave ship says "i couldn't utter my love when it counted" & which half says "but you're singing like a bird about it now" with a most understanding smile thank u mr hozier i regret thinking

which half of ur faves was in the backseat, drunk on something stronger than the drinks at the bar & which half hopes they'd never lose the other, hopes it never ends, bc they could never walk cornelia street again cos that's the kind of heartbreak time could never mend?

which half of ur faves is sitting and thinking about the other half & which half is collapsing their veins wearing beautiful shoes because it's not living if it's not with you?

which half of your faves leaves the other multiple missed calls at 3 in the morning, trying to change their mind and which half replies with "why'd you only call me when you're high?"

which half of your faves asks "do you feel a certain sense of synergy between yourself and me, a kind of macabre and somber wondertwin type of harmony" and which half spends a fortune on those late night prepaid television scams? what if it was you? you that i needed all along?

which half of your faves says to the other half that somebody wants them, somebody cares (for real) & which half tells them "i love you" & they have one more drink & get to the bottom of it to sort this whole thing out?

which half of ur faves is a collapsing star with tunnel vision, just an only child of the universe until they found the other half & tells them they're the last of a dying breed as they write their names in wet concrete wondering if their therapist knows everything about them?

which half of your faves says "you only know what i want you to, i know everything you don't want me to" & which half knows, implicitly, that oh they don't love you... but they always will?

(alternatively: which mouth is poison, which mouth is wine?)