I SAW MY CYBORG MOTHER FLOUNDERING IN THE STAGNANT POND

SWAN SHIT SMEARED HER CHEEK

THERE WAS A SINGLE SMOG-COLOURED TEAR IN HER EYE

I’D HAVE HELPED HER BUT SHE WAS

3000 FEET BELOW

HER LEFT HAND HAD BEEN TORN OFF FOR THE CEREMONIAL RING

HER TEAR DUCTS HAD BEEN VIOLATED

SHE HAD BEEN VIOLATED

SHE ABANDONED HER SORE VIOLA

O GOD THE THINGS I’D DDO TO HAVE HER BACK

I SAW MY CYBORG MOTHER STRUGGLING IN THE

SYCOPHANTIC POND

I’D HAVE TORN MY URETHRA AGAPE TO SEE MY

MOTHER DANCE JUST ONE MORE TIME

OF ALL THINGS I LOATHE ABOUT MY BODY

IT’S THE TEATS I LOATHE THE MOST

THE AQUATIC CREATURES WERE GASPING FOR AIR

THE WATER WAS SO THICK WITH FILTH,
SO TURGID,

THEY’D HAVE RATHER TAKEN TO THE LAND AND

DIED

I TOOK TOURS WITH THE CEREMNIAL RING

THEY SCREAMED FR IT IN JAPAN

MOANED FOR IT IN MONGOLIA

MAIMED FOR IT IN SIAM

I TOOK TOURS WITH THE CEREMONIAL RING.