“I am but one brick in that long, unbroken wall of female exploitation and misery.” – Mylee, a 24-year-old Thai prostitute from the city of Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand. [read full article]

twitch twitch
10,000 left
itch twitch
chomping. on. the. bit.
twitch, spring loaded
itch itch
muscles itch
dying dying
dead set to run
ready and
ready set go
pound pound retrieve the sun
pound hoof
pound blow
twitch twitch
remove the gate
hoof, blow I’m
ready set
set to race
resolute and gone
before the gun
twitch twitch
i’m going gone
blow hoof
twitch twitch and
i. am. gone.

aloud aloud aloud
then he skips
and the clouds
how they are his,
his friends and joy
and so very much
the now

aloud aloud aloud
skips and skips
oh how he skips
six years and six
ruined pairs of jeans
in a lemonade sun
this day has
all the room for joy
like his pockets
for rocks

aloud aloud aloud
skip skip my son, skip like
hell has no limit
and will come soon calling
for he will get hungry

soon
too soon

but you skip
and sing
for the day will come
when the memories
are all you’ll have
so aloud aloud aloud you sing
this day is yours
this now is yours

so tonight
is the night
that i gouge
out my eyes
because they see
the things i wish
they didn’t
and what good
are eyes when
all the best
parts of life
are the times
when we sleep
and dream
of things
that were
already seen?
so, yes it will
hurt like hell
like the time
that she left me
after he left me
when she left
me
but it’s the
dream right?
the heavenslice
of the night.
yes, that is
the only time
my eyes dry
and i don’t cry
and i think
i am happy