Sean Kilpatrick - June 2007

WE ALWAYS BRING THE CHALK

we always bring
the chalk
we plug
our snouts
with it
trace the scene
half-bent
your blood is
an old friend
and for a price
we’ll fix you
ma’am
did he cum
inside
or
pull it out
and hide
the mess
somewhere
like maybe
your purse
socks
or under
your tongue
are you still
crying
did you
know his
touch
look at me
what were
you doing
this late
dressed so
and also
this isn’t
near any
safe haven
are you still
bleeding
ma’am ma’am ma’am
we’ll catch
this fucking
scum motherfucker
who the fuck would
shove it in
that far
without asking
motherfucker
he’s dead
yes
ma’am
listen
don’t worry
trust us
he’s
fucked

Sean Kilpatrick, born 1983, raised in Detroit, has toured literary workshops, performed onstage, studied forensic photography, and published poetry and short stories in over fifty magazines, including: elimae, Exquisite Corpse, Snow Monkey, Southern Gothic, Juked, Stirring, Unlikely Stories, 3AM Magazine, Erosha, alice blue, Thieves Jargon, Arsenic Lobster, NOÖ Journal, andwerve, Kulture Vulture, Cellar Door, Menda City Review, Alpha Beat Press, Zygote in my Coffee, Poetic Inhalation, etc. His first book is forthcoming from Six Gallery Press. His blog features interviews with many authors: anorexicchlorinesextoymuseum.blogspot.com

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