The isolation of the organ bench. Three times
lucky. Pink plastic My
Little Pony hair. Tangles. Pull. Curly
and wrong. Curling iron burn
on cheek. Dry lips. Sunburnt, chapped lips.
The number eight. The perfect drawing
of a figure eight. Sisters and times tables. Hard plastic
secondhand kitchens. Hard plastic secondhand houses.
Dirt. Dirt under long fingernails. Peeling hang nails.
Tooth rot. Golden tooth. Throw up in the minivan.
The whole world on the edge of the highway. The waterpark
by the gas station next to Wendy’s. Chicken nuggets.
Twin red braids that can’t stay down. The word love. The word
love
on sisters’ lips turning into a church. Love at Church. Hate at Church.
Googling mental illness; parental blocks due to nudity.
The statue of David. The birth of Venus. Jesus on the cross.
The leaf over Adam and Eve’s groins. The word groin.
Lions: problematic power. The desire to be a lion.