Ghost of the Pelvis

Hello
Tundra
of the
Lungs

you’re whistling
through
me


Hello
Ghost
of the
Pelvis

you’ve come to sob
at my
Windows
and Doors


Hello
Chambers
of the
Heart

you are collapsing


A Friend lost a Friend
to your Army

which charged
the Capillaries

and burst out the Fingers
and Breasts


If I were to live as you
push me

I would become Some One
People mistrust :

your Needs are Ravenous as a Junkie’s


I would lose my Friends


I would lose my Job


and I would lose my Family


to a Marriage
made
in Desperation

or a Succession
of Men

pursued

and consumed

to treat
a Wound


None has had the Strength for


Gaping


Reasonless


So Grotesque

it’s Selfish


A Shame as Big as this Country


I want to give Respect
and have it
returned
to me

Neglected

I swallow
my Self

and grow up
Twisted
inSide my Own

Slut's

Guts