I buried his head beside

the cat’s grave in my neighbor’s yard

She’s too busy mourning abortions to notice the freshness of the soul…

She prays to her dead pets and pastors that the world will be a better place

She doesn’t know that her son…

He is a sinner.

He was unclean and I had to bathe him in the holiest of all water.

He liked to scrape the innocence out of little girls who live on our street

But he couldn’t swoon me

He couldn’t swoon me

 

While his mother prays to God for her perfect son’s safe return,

I slaughtered relief into his victims.

He is free from the weight of his crimes. Now, he is perfected .

 

@angel rosen