In a dream I stab myself in
the face with a toy sword
 
I’m on a bus and hope no one
else on the bus can see me as I
inch the sword out of my body
 
I babysit a child who is actually
a doll covered in glitter
 
and I’m bad at it.
 
A man stands at a podium and tells
the crowd that my father
 
is a rapist and a criminal and
not their best. Objectively true:
 
Not
The Best.
 
I am making a list of ways your fathers
have wronged me. I am reading the list on
a bus and no one can see me.