Sometimes Knowing Isn't Enough

you say
i love you
thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much--
stretching the words
wide like your arms, meant
to go on forever in all directions--
expansive and infinite, immeasurable
and immense, but I get
stuck at the elbows, always
picturing you
on the other end of the line
puckering your ass