Or burn the skin of our compassion,
they get hugs, handshakes, drugs, blow jobs,
the pantomime road to 100 euros for a double male twice penetration

No Poem Is the Only Poem. No Story Is the Only Story. No Kings.
Or burn the skin of our compassion,
they get hugs, handshakes, drugs, blow jobs,
the pantomime road to 100 euros for a double male twice penetration
The butterfly’s tongue—
sharp and golden—
roots for the sweetest flower;
knows her name by taste.
Oh the impermanence of the cosmic spine
that collapses and leaves me wanting.
I cast shadows in my bloodline.