what his mind does to his body
his body does to us
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his mind is visible on his body
his mind makes itself known
rises out of his mouth
out of his eyes and fingers
his mind has a mind of its own
his mind takes over his entire features
takes his body and becomes a thing external
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I think my father is in there somewhere
it’s my father after all
but he’s a little boy in a man’s abused body
an unknown man in a little boy’s punished soul
and he uses violence to get out
he can’t recognise the household he’s in
and that it is his
that the countries have changed
that the homes have changed
but my father doesn’t belong to us
he has always belonged to his ghosts eternal
Croque-Melpomene 