broken boy? When you
walk in the door at night,
as you turn the key and
put on the light. Who are you

climbing the stairs, a silhouette
hanging on the wall, walking down
the hall. Who are you in the bathroom
mirror as your washing the crimson

smile off your lips, holding the razor,
with a tight grip so close to your
wrist? Who are you as slipping the clothes
off your skin, free-falling in your bed,

a mountain of cotton sheets, for
the living dead. The room is black,
as the days ahead. You left your face
at your girlfriend's door. And your

puff's stuffed in the bedroom
drawer. Who are you as the ****** sun
stabs its daggers through the window
curtain, and you don a Richard Burton

for your clients that day, spraying your
wavy hair so it lays in place. And lacing your
shoes? Pouring the coffee and reading
the news?