Confession

heeding the worst; lips he would rehearse; kiss purpose would hurt his- heart it immersed; drips- sweat and a forced breath the words that his mouth bled- loud and dispersed; head; nose; can’t be reversed; dread; rose; slurred and dispersed; face- burns slow and they turn; red; prose; skin; skirt; eyebrows; nails; bangs; tied blouse; face; flushed; dry mouths- gasp at the air with a slight growl sun’s hold eased by the low ground still on the roof but the air drowns neither can breathe but they hear sounds; seeking concretely to cry bounds leaking not speaking; their hearts pound; peak in, the bleak slims are feet from the brink- hymns now pink from the lean in, their ink- now strings linked- end to end, so in synch- resonant resin-drink leaking pen-head, a sea- of red flesh entity, now they rest as they heave- moving chest, shaking teeth, throats compress, then release; rosy mesh; feign retreat; sewn in flesh; aching bleat;