by John Sweet
and right here, right now, you are
losing all of these moments
of your life
think about jackie o, her lap
filled with blood,
sunlight everywhere
think about the women you’ve
loved and the ones who have
loved you, and then look
for points of intersection
listen to the sounds the house makes
after you’ve turned off all the lights
let the ghosts
offer you sugar and milk
watch it spill from
their cupped hands
you will spend your entire life being
stained by the filth of strangers
John Sweet is a believer in writing as catharsis. His poems have appeared in such venues as Strange Horizons and New Aesthetic. His latest collections include Bastard Faith (Scars Publications, 2017) and Heathen Tongue (Kendra Steiner Editions, 2018). You can visit his website by clicking here.