comma, rage
for Jake, for Amy, for those who know
in the beginning,
his mother and father
were there
to be
the parents
he’d lost.
his first tooth
anchored
a ghost
within
shouting distance
of the boat
named
for ghost. he amassed
a useless
vocabulary
that nonetheless
included
the word
amidst. when women
and children
waged war
for the men
who’d agreed
on the drug
god
would take, he burned
etymology’s
least favorite
haunt
with a fire
he’d sucked
from a sword…
–
the lives we touch are evil.
go
to a different
hell.
kingsoftrain 
Leave a comment