the last time, you hid from them / the coughing, the shortness of breath. / you took the pain to a desert place,

Dawn. I begin each / day with masturbation and prayer, but not in that order    I do not desire to be intentionally / forgiven  That is what my boyfriend does

nation of mud   stone   liberated / wood   wrinkled by dialect of rain / gather contraband hearts  rude / tissue absorbing dynamite pits

To eliminate / the middleman, the one / who asks how much octane, however / steep the price.