unpublished - but here goes

Landlord

I feel an uninvited tenant
Gnawing at my guts
It’s feasting
It’s digging
Open sealed scabs
Dried by years
Of prescribed smiles


Excursions

In my childhood moments
I remember being a fork once
An owl
And a child starving in Africa
These outings occupied me
Till the sisters came home
When I could finally play myself

Capsule

I’ve put my 18 months into a capsule
And ate it
I killed them in swallow
Hoping they wouldn’t follow
But they’re growing in me
On me
Whirling
Screaming
Excuse me,
While I puke