By ZoE
Date: 19 June 1999

Whispers against his breath

I like his friend's substance-free lifestyle
I want one of my own
his friend, (kung Fu hero) 
with all those philosophies I am dying to subscribe to
or maybe I am just dying
being sick
he reaches helplessly for the unreal
things that have happened to him make it hard for him to touch
to wipe off
he wants to clear the slate 
so grotesque I don't repeat the details
they would make him nervous and I don't need to put that on him
he has enough of his own
and my own whispers against his breath