apple core

“i have of late
but wherefore i know not”
ceased to resemble
a coherent human being
just a jar of good or evil
each thought scared
and scattering away at
earth’s fraying edge
burst and laid waste
in spite of its own gravity

trembling and rotted
the apple core
tightening its fibrous grip
(reckon i must)
reason with the
glorious animal (this most
breathtaking ape) hello
quintessential spawn there are
many questions you must
have for me

and i know they can be
(how can i say) frustrating
but be of good cheer
you can always
OVERCOME me
or
ESCAPE me
or
DENY (this
brave o’erhanging firmament)

so while you
RAPE me
and keep looking upward
as if “god” doesn’t see
your cock in me
i ask only
that you might
(LOVE) me
or
(HOLD) me

or
learn from me
drink from me
feed and grow from me
rise with me burn with me
sleep with me
and finally die
laughing
content

as muddy as
the rest of us.