
cain & abel
cain & abel
we know how it goes
there are two men & one
is loved one is loved
less this begets
bloodshed & the idea
of forgiveness while
one man begets children
the other man is dead
*
in this version they
are lovers abel
giving all of himself
in the form
of kissed wrists & scrambled
eggs blowjobs
& morning tea
cain also gives
but he does it more freely
throwing bits of himself
to the wind like marigold
seeds each night
he kills abel a little
& abel feels it happen
when cain comes home
in the morning
smelling of honeysuckle
& cum abel
kisses his forehead thinks
there will never be
any
children will there
*
in this one they are in love
with the same man
& that man is in love
with a woman cain
works in a flowershop
gives him free flowers
abel is the woman’s brother
& gives him
nothing when
the flowershop’s owner
looks at the books finds
a deficit of orchids
cain is fired
never sees the man
again the man
marries the woman
& abel visits often
watches the man prowl the house
in his boxers
masturbates furiously in the shower
*
in this one cain kisses
& tells in this one
abel forgets
an anniversary in this one
they pick up a college kid
together & only one of them
gets the college kid’s
chlamydia in all of them
there is a kind of love
that pours from their mouths
in this one it sounds like music
in this one it tastes like blood