A FLOAT OF HUMAN REMAINS

you and I enter this love

on a float of

human remains

the crowd shifting

gouging mud

and slime

mouths lunging

at each side pleading

to be carried aboard

I have never been in love

they shout and bawl

there is so much

I have yet to do before the end

together they have begun

a strange dance

hairy and slobbery

glossy and raw

they do not know

what else to do

in the love parade

but to grip and tear

to hold onto

someone

something

anything that will stay

claw tracks of stars

and a telltale heart