sacrifice

burning black with blood
the sky looks down on me
and hides his face.

i pile high in the front yard
raw memories, fractured
corpses of relationships

i heap them one on top of another.

smoke soaks the air like a wet sponge,

musky,

thick with the stench of empty gum wrappers
and charred humanity.

i lit that match.

the red sea slaps at my feet,
branding them with blood