Every drunk wants to die sober it’s how
we beat the game
eze Renta le son-in-law of the Prophet
was martyred by a poisoned sword while
saying his evening prayers his final
words I am successful I am successful I
want to carve it into my forehead I’ve
been cut in two before it barely heard I
found my body to be hard and bloodless
as glass still for effect I tore my
shirt to tourniquets
let me now be calm for one fucking
second let me be open to revision
eternity looms in the corner like a home
invader saying don’t mind me I’m just
here to watch you nap as a boy my mother
tucked me in
I was so tiny and sweet she would say
moose poop rat debt a mouse should eat
you I melt it away that sweetness like
sugar and water like once fresh honey
dripping down a thigh today I lean on
habit and rarely unstrap my muzzle…
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