one by one
they came straight out of her mouth
brushed my ears
stuck my eyes
rested on my chest
where my arms could wrap and hold them tight
"they shake me deaf and dumb"
I showed her exactly how to do it
with tongue lolling
head hanging back
her affection was a hammock
for my heart
tied between my balls
on a string that flicked
in and out like
old tv
"it was so clear to me, that it was [] invisible"
they were beautiful
for so much time
they crawled into cuddled into my hungry arms
like little children dolls
as moons and days seasons and paths passed
I stood there, sight warped around her face
loved by the sand of her voice
while her hands brushed against and through other legs
in what was dark to me
while other fingers
cowled around her shoulder and collar
beautiful gorgeous gifts
with my name all over them
emanated
"wretching pennies in a boiling well"
the figures in my hands
began to fit oddly against one another
warping in the heat
until they began to split apart
like flowers
or scabs
and her shape remained the same
but the colors sickened
and her teeth began to be sung out to me too
and they submerged into my skin
and twirled themselves
fanged drills burrowing into veins
flinging in the currents
till they could sink into
where it all came from
she wants it all
she has plenty of rows
for motherfuckers like me
and when they sink
I will, too
under the weight of these splitting damning twisting words
barbed in my embrace
this is a funeral.
this poem is a eulogy
NOT ON MY WATCH
and I am watching now
wai
nah
no
ah'm
nah't
y're
duhn
get oudda my sight
get offa my buddy list
get oudda my contacts
over,
again
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