Thursday, February 14, 2013

american male

tell me
as a child

what is it like to be a man

is it
having dope fiend musician friends
along with developing vascular necrosis
while you conceal your hands with mittens in the sun

is it making two children fight over a sausage
at breakfast

is it telling stories of fishing expeditions

is it driving after burning your hand
in a minor meth lab explosion
after you put a spike of heroin into your neck?

or is it merely
lying

because you were always too stupid to recall the truth
of your vomit nights in a supermarket bag
while you figured nothing about being a man at all

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