Think Thin
by Brianna Stallings



think thin:
when you used to be, what its sound means
you're still there, but
that tummy isn't from no food
that would be too flimsy a lie
to dress you in
poke comes that little head out
from the dirty lace rims
lollygagging his way out
can't decide when he wants to come
or if he should just go
pushing, nearly vomiting
out his name as you swallow
bits of sheet corded into a gag
he makes a face like a
colicky baby
when you tell on him
crying at his thieved joy
(Do you have ANY idea what
stage you're at?)
the air was almost gone when you
looked up to the face
the ceilings, the judge
think it's thin paint on the surfaces
so thin and breakable
like expensive china
becoming spears
so thin and breakable
like a wrist or a skull
or a will or a hymen







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