Red boys worth blood
listen to the things they can’t hold in their hands
like sun and color
and the supposed shoes of a Cinderella girl
who was really their sister
and didn’t run away from them,
just the angels in the front garden
Burn the house
Burn the garden
Take the gut-punch
Grab the slipper
The watery grave she finds herself in-
tears shed by parents over the rejection of a suitor
The boys are only red because they faithfully cling
to Cinderella’s heart.
She gave it to them for safekeeping
Oh the things that brothers find themselves holding
past midnight.
May 4, 2020
May 4, 2020 at 11:00 AM UTC
Red boys worth blood
listen to the things they can’t hold in their hands
like sun and color
and the supposed shoes of a Cinderella girl
who was really their sister
and didn’t run away from them,
just the angels in the front garden
Burn the house
Burn the garden
Take the gut-punch
Grab the slipper
The watery grave she finds herself in-
tears shed by parents over the rejection of a suitor
The boys are only red because they faithfully cling
to Cinderella’s heart.
She gave it to them for safekeeping
Oh the things that brothers find themselves holding
past midnight.
