shame-in-a-box

they gave the word shame 

it came in a box 

a girl in a well 

smaller than her pox 

a guard in a cell 

rapunzel-less locks 

a clam in its shell 

raped women’s walks 

a book in four shelves 

scissored by rocks 

a scream in a quell 

flockless birds’ mocks 

a handcart in hell 

surrounded by dogs  

a thing-in-itself 

gold bell in fort knox 

soul-murdering self 

soul-murdering gods’ 

raw wagging tongues tell 

of her stinking thought fox 

of its soiling breath-knell 

defecating wrought clocks 

fat hands groping twelve 

ticks molesting tocks 

black ribbon-like belt 

black ribbon white welt 

black ribbon nights melt 

you came in a box 

they gave the word shame 

you shamed the word took 

shame took the word i  

we gave the word gut 

you gut the word shame 

you took the word gut  

took gut the word i  

word took the shamed gut 

thank fuck for word’s guts! 

thank they for gave shame 

thank you for give gut