my name monstrous / my name cannibal / my name
almost mythical / my name born from my mother's head /
my name a many-headed thing / my name hungry for a mouth /
my name a chimera / my name breathing fire / my name
a salamander / my name shedding skin / my name growing a tail /
my name a useless limb / my name a broken seashell /
my name a siren / my name loud as the scent of lavander /
my name laughing with the crows / my name a forced mutilation /
my name a sunspot on the surface of myself / my name
a humid night / my name a lost sequin / my name gaudy
and terrible / my name a genesis / and mine and mine and mine
