Botox injections 
Chemical solvents 
Making midnight movies 
Contaminated actors 
Living on a farm 
Harnessed to a life of protein and equipment 
Gristling in grain 
Soft nights 
Everyday a reaction to the affection 
Manholes and light towers walking down imitation streets 
Little girls with plastic cameras 
And shops full of cold cuts and candy 
Feeding the trains and bisecting the night 
Hand grenades in the trash 
Medics running from the sun 
She borrowed cartilage wire 
Tracing my face 
With broken hands