dinnertime
C Ra McGuirt
“Mercy?
Do you ask for mercy?
You will be given a toad
and a bucket of salt
and nothing more.
Do not ask for more.
There is none.”
- David Castleman
dear david,&distant reader:
i know it’s not
your problem,
but i feel as though
i’m dying.
maybe there’s no help
for this.
i’ve filled harder spaces,
& done more hellish time
but something
has gone out of me
or maybe found its way
inside.
curiously,
there’s little pain....
if you should hear
from me again,
you will.
