SJVB

Femenist Queer Man Poems

Tag: death

(The)y

observed sky

counted years

looked in eye

 

universe die

confirmed fears

observed sky

 

mothers cry

heat-death queers

looked in eye

 

entropy nigh

distance nears

observed sky

 

sun scorched dry

hateful tears

looked in eye

 

frozen high

deafened ears

observed sky

looked in eye

Prayer for forgiveness

Dum ne ob male facta peream, parvi æstimo.

I II III
Terrify me Terrify me Terrify me
Tie me Tie me Tie me
Free me Free me Free me
Drive me away Wake me Unbind me
And crazy Shake me Alleviate
See me stalk you Suffocate me Exculpate
And in Stifle me Absolve
Pin me Compress Eliminate me
Down shot of My breast Fasten this fantasy
Shoot me up and Castrate Threaten me only
Liberate the overwhelming Create me (dative) Follow through
Vacuum Obliteration Terminate my spirit
Fill a whole just Sweet castigation Give me my pain
Free me Free me Free me
Tie me Tie me Tie me
Terrify me. Terrify me. Terrify me.

Family Tree

I’m waiting for a word

There’s aching in my womb

Who is it that I heard?

 

Your voices become blurred

And flora comes to bloom

I’m waiting for a word

 

My heartbeats are now slurred

And echo in this room

Who is it that I heard?

 

They call my space absurd

But think on not from whom

I’m waiting for a word

 

Tone in my brain demurred

Forever will it loom

Who is it that I heard

 

So two of us interred

Still, silent in our tomb

We’re waiting for a word

Who is it that we heard?