"I Really Want A Boy"

 

(a poem for addicts)

 

We all are sexed, and so

that second hand romantic language

we grew accustomed to

when young and optimistic

milked each ounce and inch

of our lonely squirrel cage.

 

If it was advantageous

to the user, owning anything

implied the convenience of

an unconditional, one sided purpose.

 

Out on the streets people say

they take possession

of their homes, that

disappointment is bitter

and victory is sweet.

 

But now I know those derivatives

mistreat and harm the young;

nearly all come out abused.

To use another is to consume them.

And within those pricy homes they say

the kind of work the young should do is dirty

and the going rate is cheap.