The Body Abides
"Like I told you
Nothing really happened
Can't sleep is all..."
He repeats his view,
"The body watches.
The body ALWAYS
Fucking watches."
"Yeah, he kissed me
Fathers do that.
Yeah, it was weird but..."
He whispers me,
"Your body, your witness.
And this witness ALWAYS
Fucking watches."
Then he leans in…
"What if he'd kissed
your sister's lips...?"
"I'd fucking kill him."
That's when...
i see me
in his mirror
watching myself
watch my self
transparently autistic
a son no more,
yet the body...
abides.
rage
dark rage
Screaming RAGE
i'd fucking kill him
fucking kill him
kill him
him.
i rise...
so
slowly
and fucking smash that mirror
i rock, i sway…
i rub one red eye.
i stand, I stare…
I sigh, I say,
"My body watches
The body ALWAYS
Fucking watches…,"
As I close his office door...
I abide.
