Dengue

Dengue

Cerberus licking

his stone wrinkle genitals…

A fever of 103

I survive the lecher's kiss,

Continue to swim in light

Pure? What does it mean?

Sharp as the tongues of Paradise

Are sharp

Sharp as Hiroshima rain

Radiation turned them red

Eleven days and nights

Water dissolving my liver

I barely consume any food

It’s the pain of having lost my humility to love

That keeps me from a hospital

Yet Paradise is not an option

The fever subsides like an old whore

Counseling a virgin

And I go to see a movie

Then rush back home to bed