Could I file an arrest
For accidental manslaughter
When you tore out my limbs
And drank from my veins like water?
I give you a piece
You ask for more meat
Put on a heap, sink your teeth,
I’m dried up and can’t bleed.
Can you cure me
To save whatever’s left?
Send me out to the ocean
Dry out my flesh.
I don’t mind the burn
If it cures my skin.
Maybe then I toughen the pieces,
Maybe then a harder chew.
Maybe then a salty bite,
Maybe then I’ll get it right.
Take what you feel
But leave my body to me.
I’ll drag myself from the crystal sea
Hang in the sun with the salty breeze.