[sic]

the following aren’t very good, which makes me feel better.

*

they always leave

but the way they left

never goes away

*

heartbreak must be

hereditary

for i never knew my

father

and my mother says

it would break my heart

to know why

*

i have seen splayed

organs from a suicide victim

sing my name more

than you have

wheezing keys and strings

that tie the throat

in the final note of a song

not yet beat

*

women are born

from the crown of

women who birthed

women who bred the

crown

*

toilet seats

are the only one who

know that i am flushed

with shit not yet digested

like bits of you i consumed

too quickly in bites

that show up when i am turned around

and pantless

ready for another go

before you’re gone already

to another