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He has his secrets in the monitor’s glow

opening to chat with a stranger dangerously

close to destroying himself and his world

his wife says it is getting late, kisses him goodnight ,

invites him to come to bed soon, and he pauses,

deleting his cache, the evidence of what

he has been doing behind these closed doors.



Opening one more window to begin a chat

girls young girls girls barely older than

his daughter who has started swelling,

curving towards womanhood, smelling

more and more like his wife when she

comes clean from the shower before

she kisses him goodnight, inviting him

to come to bed before it gets too late.



Behind heavy lids his secret hid

until the media hit and exposed him

as he tries to hide behind his eyes

deny his guilt and shame praying

that they never learn the truth

his wife and children as he crumples

the newspaper and controls the remote

kisses his wife goodnight and promises

to come to bed soon before it’s too late.



What they don’t know won’t hurt them

and he’s gotten used to living his lie

that by and by the dust will settle

while the computer waits for him to stay

up late one more night, kiss his wife

goodnight as he talks one more time

with girls barely older than his daughter who

he no longer feels safe kissing goodnight,

so he kisses his wife, closes his eyes,

and dreams it’s not too late to hide.

Last night I killed you

slowly slicing slivers of flesh

to expose sinew then bone

your blood coating me

in the slick copper

of your death.



I peeled you apart

layered in my anger

until there was nothing

left of you but what

bathed me in an

ablution of forgiveness.



This morning I kissed you

where you were lying

still asleep while I faced

myself in my mirror

reminded myself I love you

then turned away

to face my day alone.