my father says women are emotionalbecause i cry when he yellsand he yells when i ask him to treat melike he treats my brothers. my father says women are emotionalwhen my mum refuses to speakbecause she knows if she talkshe will scream and make threats. my father says women are emotionalbecause i’m afraid to talk…

here lies a dead man a bad man a sad handto hold his weeping bride he was good (or he tried)kept her happy (satisfied)but hear this, when alivemama wished that he’d die burnt frying panleader of a klan(as if i give a damn)said that he had a planto make a better land(a cleaner land! unblemished…

Butterflies only live for two weeks and the fruit fly lives for a day. I’ve never left the country. Snails can sleep for three years and shrimps keep their hearts in their heads. I don’t like my name. I detest my smile. And the footprints on the moon will live for a hundred million years.…

i just wanted to say sorry,for kicking the legs on your chairout from under youwhen you were sitting down for dinner, for holding the pillow down on your facewhen you lay in bed to sleep. i hope you don’t mind my apologizing,for cutting the cold water in your showerin the hopes that you might burn…