(crossed)
[stage presence]
on the life of his mother
loneliness
was the spell
he could not
recall
[the entertainment]
from ear to god-bitten ear
you
are poison.
in my youth
I was quiet.
there, I said it.
the food is not a dream
but here it comes.
[god muscle]
when dressing the disabled child in front of family
my language
is often
the one
I use
[themes for shadow]
when toothpick young you see a snake go mad with second nature and a sponge dragging your mother through nothing’s data
[gauze]
the boy’s mother is biting off less than he can chew. her insomnia
has put her inside a worm
her body
tries
to fill. her milky eyed
–
husband
revs a tow truck
to death
in a heavy fog. it is possible, humanly
–
possible
–
there’s nothing
to see here. that her god
–
is, in a sense,
seizure activity
in the boy’s
spirit
–
animal.
[divide]
tired of mom touching its food, the baby comes early. we call this moment the buzzard’s injured adoration of a surplus crow.
–
last supper, I see only men.
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