I let a blond boy pinch my tits
in a river.

It was like breathing for the first time
and then forgetting how.

It was like licking a dirty penny.
It was a new name.

He said finish it.
I drowned in the river

and reincarnated as a very small fish,
eating nothing

but cold slots of light.

He poured warm beer
over the rocks,

listing girl names

while planting
their bodies in the sand

like ancient statues.