cut off my right hand, she then
cut off my left hand
for good measure, so
as to teach me a lesson
in humanity
to steal is a crime,
to take money from her purse
not letting her know
even as a child
just to play video games
so fell grains of sand
reattached, my hands
eventually worked just fine
the bones grew in place
mom spent time in jail,
dad beat the hell out of me
since his sanity
yellowed on the walls
with no one to make him food
useless, just for show
murder would have been
better than to live this life
as their second child
of course, alcohol
takes the place of nutrition
when without a trace
the bloody cleaver
in the drawer in the kitchen
became evidence
how an abortion
within the Catholic Church
survived as a boy
even in Bombay
on its anniversary
the Great War made sense
remember, forget
good advice, ten commandments
and act somewhat coy
cut all family ties
let defense mechanisms
go, have fun, be wild
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