i.
watch me hang from my brain’s
suspended cortex
watch my toes stretch and
tremble to avoid any
blunt-force trauma
watch spinal fluid drip from my nostrils
watch as i writhe on the x and y axis
slam me to the sidewalk and pick
the gooey viscera from my teeth;
dump my body into the tar-river
i loved so dearly. oh, how we’ll
crucify anything we can. oh, how
we’ll hang from our cerebellums.
watch me hang from my brain’s
suspended cortex
watch my toes stretch & stretch & stretch & stretch
ii.
oh watch me please watch me watch
me; pockmark my skin with eyes
and pockmark my paleness with knives
and carve twelve little numbers with knives
and turn me into some timepiece, watch
me twist my hands as your eyes
trace the time counterclockwise, eyes
worldwide drift upward cut by eyelid knives
and they close their eyes to watch me watching
me oh please let our lovely memory
falter and hold no grudge as it goes