once favored preferred the chosen one now worn raw with age seams ripped open with razor blades stuffing pulled with forceps mouth hollowed packed with soiled underwear eyes plucked sewn back crosswise tail gnawed by the dog ears docked with dull scissors stomach punched kicked stomped feet chopped hung dried dyed rubbed for luck jagged oozing hanging flesh flung to the corner for the maid to clean up carry to the compost weeks go by a slow decay
you come s-t-a-g-g-e-r-r-i-n-g shirt stained with blood and urine looking for aluminum cans to redeem for a smoke i shrink into the degrading banana peels coffee grounds you reach pluck pull me close stroke the small tuft of hair on my battered head promise to love me forever
