eight month-old infant beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend (three variations)

    1.


run towards the idea like
you would a wall
of rusted razor blades


drag fistfuls
through your hair
down your face up the
insides of your thighs


don't ask for reasons why



    2.


which face do you see
when you
look in the mirror?


are you surprised?



    3.


or what about dahmer
beaten to death on
a prison floor?


is it a thought that
makes you smile?


good