desire, Iām not afraid of. I know what itās like to be owned,
in the lower-gut of thousands, my smile swims like mercury,
the scratches down my sides, intertwine with skin on loan.Ā
every night, I collected his poison bites, In the yard, Iād bury -
the evidence. A box of broken birds, that died in my care.Ā
look how many came before you, my garden is rife with decay,
barely a man, I watched your eyes burn down and almost cried,
losing it via the light of a lava lamp and a hastily chosen CD,
there was no,Ā ācoming of age story.ā only the dictation of sighs,
still far too young, did you notice? Your painkiller touch -
left me with needles in my back, all the others merely lingered -
with dismay and now I have nowhere left to hide these sunrises.Ā
bread of a father, bed of a lover, playing at life, long ago. // y0uth-hostel