How using once or twice
can hook you. Take your mind
captive. Agitate cerebral cells
until you wind up psychotic.
What they didn’t say is how
the monster chews up families.
MINE ISN’T THE ONLY ONE
But it’s the only one I’m qualified
to talk about. I don’t know if my parents
were ever in love, but for argument’s
sake, I’ll imagine they were.
So along comes the monster. Then what?
Sex, obviously, or I wouldn’t be here.
Good sex? Bad sex? Group sex?
All of the above? I mean, why did any
of that have to change because they
decided to get high together? I don’t
understand. Did they both go gay in
lockup? Decide they liked same-sex
sex better than sex with each other?
Did they ever even try to put things
right with each other after they got out?
Did they ever even once think about me?
Summer Lily Kenwood
SCREAMING
I learned not to
scream
a long time ago.
Learned to
bite