What My Blanket Has Witnessed

lengths of dirt
and mucous and tears.
nights of worst fears.
bouts of sweats and
thoughts of suicide.
wide-eyed &
weakened masculinity.
stains of first sex
and forced sex
and for-what-it’s-worth sex.
prayers of hate and heart rates
that God bids then forbids.
and all those farts that
deter detergents.
secrets they cover;
murder
stillbirth
chills…

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