Pomes: Date Rape : Prayer

Date Rape

Waking up, half-drunk

A roll-up, headrush

In wonder I touch

the brown patches

of blood

but nothing comes back

Go pee

seeing

no pants

and no tampon –

and

where are all

these bruises from?

Tonight, exhausted

In sleep comes

flowering pictures

That choke me awake

Evaporate The raid turns up

my underwear

two used condoms

Screeching through

A stretched balloon too thin for it to stretch through

And the bruises have gone blue

The lines that look like fingers -

Blooming

Prayer

Lord Jesus.

Justice Please

~~Amen~~

Repeat

Pomes