Leak Water

Electric poles sprout from the Earth
While no one was watching
The crooked smile you always wore
Like you were born sideways

Flip on the light
Grab my braids
Prop me up right
I try to speak but I only leak water

Tentacles crawl through your curls
I spin around ‘til I’m nauseous
My child teeth fall through my lips
The new ones grow in sharp

Flip on the light
Grab my braids
Prop me up right
I try to speak but I only leak water

Matching bows
Strangle hold
Matching bows
In the morning light

Matching bows
Strangle hold
In the morning light
The taut strings of my family tree
Too tight to tie
Too harsh to hold
Too tight to tie

I try to speak but I only leak water