Torture

I.

bubble
on a pin tip

the face
taken off
turned inside-out
put back on

a child-
like figure
sucking powdered light
from a lightbulb

you could be
my mother
sweeping dust
from the brainstem

a beetle wing
swimming in the corner
of an eye

II.

lipspressedtothebottomofthejarsayingsomethingthatsoundslikefanaticfanaticfanatic
donottouchthatthisistheendoftherainbowpurplemountainsmajestyallyoucangivehas
beentakenandfashionedintoanewgodmadewrongofthealleywrongofthehallwaynerve

III.

if you bring the wrists’
puckered holes together
let them kiss
the veins will reach
touch
tie a knot
of their own devices