learned knowledge
i love you
and isn’t that it?
isn’t that a slur?
to say i love you,
when your father spilled that
like water out of his mouth to your mother,
and then left her just as easily
to say i love you,
when my mother recited the same at the altar
then screamed herself hoarse at my father
until he walked miles and miles away from home, just to breathe
you love me,
and isn’t that it?
isn’t that a curse?
