shrieks and storms in the summer of locusts
this our glutinous first garden
curb and carve carve and curb
the gaping teeth of a demon disturbed

sewn and sold like a doll
a sinking starving art
in the shadows of cherubim

red eyes skeleton fish
soaked in the blood
of a carnivore’s dish
the cuts.

eve after eve
young
expiring
life

(I wanted to be you.)