Jericho Brown has a book called Please.
I wish you tamed. I wish what you fear—
A night alone in the forest.A father who leaves you there. I wish you
Were ten years old again. And in loveWith Marvin Gaye. I wish you saw his daddy
Shoot him. I wish you asthma. An attackIn the field. A lump in your chest. A doctor
Who won’t touch it. I wish you’d live foreverAfraid of dying. See the circus and be content.
Animals crawling like infants for the menWho made them. I wish you would
Sniff a man. I wish his whipSharper than fangs. I wish you could know
I don’t close, his head in my throat.
How bite-less I feel, the mouth
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