scarygrab

brain

thinking up ways to scare off the dread

attached to my brain like burrs to a pet

pink vulnerable cluster chafing to shreds

why cant the good things stick there instead

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out in the field with a butterfly net

swinging it down, little wings in the mesh

i watched its body turn stiff in a jar

always been told that i take things too far

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all that i want vs all that I get

twisting my hands like a fly in the shit

if i cant have it nobody will

squeeze and i squeeze until it goes still

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i can be better i'll be the best

i'll make you wonder what reason you left

smell of your gum, the words that you said

i'll make you remember what i cant forget