PROTEST SONG

Before your bulldoze-love I throw myself down.

With all my body I protest

that mecha monster, that devouring beast—

Relentless, you roll on. The agony--my bones crack

beneath your teeth;

my wants fracture, fold,

form unfamiliar shapes around your tongue.

How long, my god! how long this mauling

this reshaping?
I am breaking in the teeth

of jealous love. In your teeth

I splinter into outrage

giddy desire

gratitude, and

grief