Disowned

Disowned

Disowned heritage and lessons

* * *

Abandonment is a choice

chosen

Electra’s complexity

made a simple plan.

Womb envy evades

* * *

As so many tongues

make such alike sounds

to form varied

impressions

Untrained minds slip between

gap-teeth

for roots and

to find seeds

yet unsprouted

to give quick return

for when harvest

is brought to market

* * *

Money found on street is profit made for wandering

* * *

The setting was the smell

the smell was the costume

the costume was the hero

the hero was the plot

the plot was the conclusion

The conclusion was the dialogue

the dialogue was the fan

blowing scent from work

into skin.

Deglazed words

dropped caramelized

into scripts

Actors’ greasy faces

let emotions slip

oily onto parts

more commonly referred to

as rolls –roles

Halitosis came in waves

from audience

Sweat and toilet water

hang…