Thursday, November 27, 2008
holding
in commemoration of
World Aids Day 2008
yelping; the
mucus-soaked face;
shivering and the sores;
i am covered in my own spit; my own vomit;
cold in their sputum; living their scorn.
yet i am holding out; because
you can ravage my body; gorge my eyes out;
my lungs exploding with tumors; these horrible
lesions on my arms; thighs; the runs that never
stop; feverish sleeps; and kaposi's sarcoma; turn
my defenses against myself; and make me
a monster to society.
but you are only a virus; i am human.
cuRRent...jer ¶ 11:32 pm
in commemoration of
World Aids Day 2008
yelping; the
mucus-soaked face;
shivering and the sores;
i am covered in my own spit; my own vomit;
cold in their sputum; living their scorn.
yet i am holding out; because
you can ravage my body; gorge my eyes out;
my lungs exploding with tumors; these horrible
lesions on my arms; thighs; the runs that never
stop; feverish sleeps; and kaposi's sarcoma; turn
my defenses against myself; and make me
a monster to society.
but you are only a virus; i am human.
cuRRent...jer ¶ 11:32 pm
