“The pale, waning moon is wearing a frightening mask.
We have the love of a thousand seas.”
I
The pale, waning moon is wearing a frightening mask.
We have the love of a thousand seas.
We are laughing at the Nazis.
II
My mother, the angel, the one that never cries.
She told me to bring harm.
She told me trust no one and hide.
My father, the devil, the one with the dark hair who usually lies.
Told me to never bring harm.
He told me to trust everybody I meet.
He told me people are good.
His towheaded hair kissed his face.
Fantasy living its domestic despairs.
III
My mother on the canopy bed, her French nails covered in blood.
My father wearing the Nazi symbol-covered.
The ground looked like it was bleached as the snow hit the ground.
Alone, the bomb and my mother’s pretty gowns.
IV
My father, the great, big, hateful beast.
He cannot swallow his pride.
My mother says, “He’s a good man,” and she’s his bride.
He wears a red and black symbol on his arm.
He says it’s a “good luck charm.”
V
The bomb took my mother, she was sleeping on her golden bed.
Blood and darkness, the only thing I saw.
Her face was dark and traumatized.
Blue lilies near the table where she lies.
My father, the great, red and black alien, told me that she’s in a better place now.
Picking flowers from the pond.
The Nazis were the jokesters, the ones that made me laugh.
They were also savages with their barbarian cries.
VI
I’m lying on the cold, wet canopy bed.
But the crows won’t sleep, silly birds.
My body is damp and shut in.
A tube around my nose, pills filling my mouth?
This must be hell or a white haven.
I haven’t been in my dress in weeks.
My house dress that I wear, my pretty gowns.
Oh god, I’m so pathetic.
I’m so weak.
I’m such a hysterical woman.
My lipstick is scarce and my neck is bruised.
I feel so used and unclean.
My French nails covered in blood.
Bleed… out…
This must be hell or a white haven.