Saturday, March 28, 2020

Saving him

he bends
sinks deep into a
womb pose
like a kitten
claws tucked to chest
he believes himself agile
in this state
tense waiting
curled over my shoulder
his sliding hands

I breathe
he breathes

I cut him at the knees
but only in my mind
(cold blades wield bloody
at my white dainty flesh)

I stamp at the white butterflies
that desperate flee
his radioactive glow
let them die with me
I pin them to my white walls
I paint portraits of their corpses

all while he eats like
digs like a mad dog
foaming my mouth
gurgling and spitting
at my insides

When will my last
drink of water be?

25 September 2018

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