you hang yourself
with your own striped tie.
Gnaw on leg of deer, rabbit, wild duck,
roasted turbot, grilled salmon. Hungry
for blood, rub the stewed fruits
into your skin, fall asleep with the light on,
thumb sucker, biter.
Your father made you hunt.
You wanted to take me,
you were strong enough,
you had the goods.
Say it in 5 languages. Oberon
spools from the kingfisher's mouth.
By the time you notice the mermaid's
chorus, it's swollen, ready to burst,
a polyp with double roots.
It was a prank.
You didn't mean a thing.
Sometimes people just die
accidentally.
~~Rebecca said I could have it.
