1.

Escape your body by filling it to the brim

know that the flesh is a vehicle for more:

the mind a snake’s shed skin.

2.

The heart eats its mother,

and fails to flinch

chooses to convulse.

3.

My hand held yours,

when the tormentor’s knife came down

and you whispered so softly

that we deserved this.

4.

The collective watches Saturn devour his son,

and claps politely.

The guests crack their necks open,

and make toasts

to the sound of glass clinking.