American Porn
by william o'neal ii
My Lord is American-made: old brute.
Be not afraid of being afraid.
Desire is being afraid for being afraid.
I was mad in love with someone from Bern.
Love burned me, madly, I was someone.
Maladie translates to disease in English.
I live at home with my disease, my lady.
An unmarked car speeds through the plains.
My sex is plain, marked, & speeding.
How could I not want to be her wife.
A wife does not have to be a woman, only taken.
Spit on me, I said, giving her my hands.
The Healer opened His hands & spit into them.
My Lord is American made: old brute.
First published as a broadside by Rampage Party Press.