Open my chest, drink

the beer resting there, brewed from

the flow of my blood.

Open my chest, ash

your cigarettes on the tray

carved from my sternum.

Open my chest, wash

your face with my lungs, drown

choking on my air.

Under your fingers,

a throat.

My throat

rattling

songs against your hands.

My hands

trussed behind

my back under your bent knee.

Tangled in your teeth,

mouthfuls of hair.

Your hair, tight

against your scalp, tight

around your tongue, tight

around my tongue,

gagging me.