Hang me. By my tongue from the Tree of Life. Repeat to me definitions of equality. Let injustice drip honey from my fingers to remind me of purity that comes. Color, let Eve curse and Adam condemn no man of his. Baptised in red of the read, bathed in consciousness: what difference looks like. Know companion. No compassion. Syllables strangled sensitivity, the rawness of Rope. Burn. Words ask again what it looks like.
Previously published in 2014-15 San Diego Poetry Annual. For correct formatting please view that version.