Shame

 

ubiquitous eyeball

inconspicuously latticing

all wallpaper

sears me as I enter

and exit any inhabited room

stewing me in its pus

white stare till I am

a slick of acid anointing

the floor.

No one ever sees the melting.

They step over me,

percolating on the carpet,

say, “Hey, how’s it going?”

 

                                    Chris McGuire

 

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