Secrets

Hide behind masks and say you’re transparent. Ignore this truth that you’re the same as the people you condemn.

Stand over your grandmother in the basement. She’s been dead for two days. You’ve known her for twenty seven years. Curse at her for giving you unconditional love.

Slice glossy apples until you find the rotten one. Search for more people until one doesn’t let you down. Find their weakness. Kick them to the curb.

Touch yourself to friendly messages from a person you haven’t met. Hear them whisper they want you. Come. Keep this a secret. Send them a text that you were thinking of them.

Accept the bag of half-eaten chips from a homeless man. Hand him a dollar. But he doesn’t want it. Pray for the world to change to make you more comfortable.