CLOAK
no one
will pick me up
off the ground
I am not a quarter
my gradient
blends me in
bends light
around me I am
hard to see
with the human eye
cats & straight men
are fascinated
I will be
often alone
PEPPER
two coins on eyelids
two stones in closed palms
emptied and sewn back up
skin not them
we sit all facing the same direction
to stare at a body
not you
the room smelled like pepper
but what I remember is that you never did
so that is what I remember
WHITE FLAG NEVER MIND
I press a pin into tape on a balloon
the deflation of my involvement
my double vision betrays me
white flag never mind
the cost of shellshock
the dark shell light
I turn all invasions into pearls
I wash away this impermanent state
I walk home in the dark humming
I sip red wine and weed
and deface anything that looks like me
you’d think I’d be kinder
the key to that door is old and skeleton
