Sunday, August 11, 2019

SALT, RUST




sound of machinery trapped in
the cold amber silence


gears clotted with old blood


i spent too many years being
a husband sitting at home
sharpening knives


never owned a gun


never noticed who was
driving the car


watched it pull away w/ my wife,
                           my children,
and then i turned back to the
problem at hand


found the mask my father
had given me, and it was a
perfect fit


wore it whenever i fucked a
woman whose name i
wanted to forget


wore it until i
no longer knew who i was


felt too good to give up




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