1)
DESPERADO:
this animal
is ragged
but this animal
has god
a thin body
and a pearl
cross.
does the circumstance
absolve from
the consequence.
regular lawd,
applauded.
-dip the prodigy
“this will bring rain.”
2)
THE SECOND-TO-FIRST TIME:
WHY, YOUR FOREARMS
ARE STEEL.
RUN MY HANDS
AMONG THEM.
“FINGERS-A-TANGLE”
BABY BOI JIBBERISH
OUT THESE MOUTHS.
CAPITALIZED BY
THESE BODIES, BONES.
IS OUR SCENT
AS BLURRED TO YOU
AS IT IS
TO ME?
AND-
DOES YOUR FATHER
LAUGH LIKE MINE?
AND WOULD HIS
HEART
SLIDE AROUND
IN A FLABBERGAST,
TO KNOW ABOUT US?
DON’T TELL ME-
DON’T TELL ME-
HE HASN’T WONDERED
ABOUT THE DUST WE
LEAVE ON ONE ANOTHER.
