His nose was Cairo’s Bent Pyramid or a pair of ergonomic pliers And his loyalty was a slumped tower of Jenga pieces And his skin was a film of thick oatmeal or cream of mushroom soup, coating the bottom of an untouched ***. His teeth, little tombstones sinking into the earth. His logic was a pair of safety scissors chewing through corrugated fiberboard And his insults were sharp staccatos And his humor was a steeped tea bag or curdled milk And his laughter was a Singer sewing machine choking on tangled thread. His eyebrows were gargoyle wings And his hair, a bushel of dry bear grass He sang, and it was cough syrup And his beard was a soiled litter box. His fingers, dried seaweed And the palms of his hands were month old dish sponges. His spine was a curved dipper gourd rotting in the sun His grin was a snagged zipper And his temperament pad-less brakes or a wasp in September And his kisses were apple cider vinegar and radishes And his eyes were two bottomless stone wells, foaming with moss. His gait was a vulture scrutinizing its prey. His chest was the backside of a dung beetle. His insight was a cataract ridden car headlight lost in a curtain of fog And his knees were skulls And his touch was a snug pressure cuff And his compassion was a guillotine And the last time we spoke, it was crucifixion.