I come to you dripping from head to foot
from every pore, you’re covered with blood and dirt:
the shape togetherness was taken by
dispossession and constraint
the shape our togetherness took
not exactly our decision
not exactly not
I come to you in the warehouse after work
over lunch I suck you off at a public park
against a backdrop of container ships
you drip from head to foot with bankruptcy
from every pore with debt, I’m covered with
food stamps, worker’s comp
faced away from you
dripping with the blood of countless
free applications for student aid
filled out as I instructed
covered with the breath of board
members and executive directors
you enter dripping with nonprofit diversity
and inclusion, I drool onto the cover
its fabric of deans and department chairs
letters of appointment kept and broken
dripping from column to column
from every pore with demographic data
I feel your presence in the joint account
your expenditures and wages
I touch them
from Pet Sounds