you were leading me down a road
and I saw the end of it
before I took my first step
*
you faked the light
and fed the dark
*
trees are skeletons
you plucked my leaves
one by one
*
falling on your face
*
you shoved my mouth in your dirt
pray for me pray for me pray for me
now
*
I didn’t see anything
*
you took the war
and distributed it
like sacramental bread
*
you tried to keep death alive
*
nothing happened
I knew that I would die one day
you taught me what I felt
*
sleep was never an escape
with you in the house
*
she’d rather injure her for his wrongdoings
*
they believe him because
he can be as good
as he is bad
*
because there is a flicker of light
she erases the limitless landscapes of darkness
*
piss puddle
cake
tongue
abuse thread
bookmark
booze
fetish
*
he exploits what is still intact
*
he can’t stand it
*
he must heal
but he cannot
*
and so we suffer together
we break apart together
and all of our pieces
a mixed mess on the floor
*
I evoked perfection
to hide behind it
and as an adult I realised
that underneath my picture perfect childhood
my girlhood
creaks a horror story
*
nothing happened
blow out your candles
*
there simply were no blindspots
and bestiality could live
and play
in plain sight
*
his mouth
devoured
hers
*
worse things could happen
*
you are a work of art
heroes don’t haunt
so what did that make you
*
you walked me through it
magic trick
*
p e r f o r m a n c e
d i s a p p e a r a n c e
Croque-Melpomene 