How should you
feel when you see
the man you believed
was dead, who
tried to take your life? Filled
with burning
relief, still I lost
my appetite when
I saw him,
that secret gagged
and bound behind
his teeth, captivating
the woman hanging
on his arm, dazzling
expectations strangling
her left ring finger. He will take
her home, bury her
alive in his
parents’ basement.
