The 3 am twilight blues his sandpaper skin A beast-like hue she feels down So he lifts her spirits By the neck Like a Heineken “DO NOT call the cops” His words sharp objects He speaks machete fluently I freeze He ice skates on my childhood Blades figure eights on my frosty irises His face switches from blue to red Like 3D glasses I think of alps in the summertime Defrosted mountains unveiled ******-Doo villains The much-awaited unmasking One time he shoves her And murders a generation Her run-ons have become clauses Short. Incomplete. Terminated. I smell miscarriage on her breath Now her voice carries What her stomach cannot