Give him small, hard blows.
Chase him in a circle.
Make him diaper-soft.
From ambush, dark,
-in-trans-par-ent
staked on canines.
Say it, my child! calls the mother.
refusal.
Say it, here in my hand!
Get it with the fear.
(the diplomatic moment.)
Swallow cold corpses
down.
(5.3.2021)
Drawing charcoal, MJS, 2013