Stepdaughter

left out in the rain too long / there was not no glory to
re-live
all 3 fingers - all your limbs / pliable now as
steam and soft light
traded off when you were down / took it
- on took it on
the story bitches and the scene don’t care /
unraveling now like steam and soft light
the cutter loses
his nerve and turns away 
the stepdaughter dissolves into
the dark woods soundless

mama take the pillow from
under my head / stepdaughter made my dying bed
left out in
the rain too long / to marinate in steam and soft
light

the stepdaughter dissolves into the dark woods
soundless
the cutter delivers an elk heart for false
proof
bury me shallow and scratch out my name 
i’d make
every mistake all over again