Suddenly, suddenly: Like a brick to the head Caught in bramble, cut my knees Compass clasped at three degrees She whispered softly just to me The difference between wasp and bees We sucked the venom out of one another As if to pierce the skin on me: A hymn comes out, so quietly I memorize the dictionary though diction has all but failed me I have read the novels in your black eyes, your zebra stripes He had my sister in the night, again I heard her howl loud and stark We made snow angels in the dark He reciprocated when he took his cowl off He dyed my hair to match his We had to hide our erections And he put one hand near his head And made the shape of some weapon And I can't forgive him, no, no, not yet And she filled the grocery bags up with lizards And I put the drill to my head, she the scissors And my sister is screaming but no one believes her And the mattress is glistening with blood and with sugar And we all will sleep at the bottom of the river And we all will sleep at the bottom of the river And we all will sleep at the bottom of the river And we all will sleep at the bottom of the river