i will just write

until my knees bend clean
and the capital curls of
ignorance save us
all. save
us all.

hard shells under our
bleeding eyes holding
still while i capture their
silence. these grey lines
distracting me cleaver
sobering your tears
adding plastic wrap
onto your tongues.

time masturbating
with this page long enough
to end what i first said.

i am bleeding clean
i am asking you
to help me
drown.