Pink Statues

“a body being outlined”

Pink among the statues. Dark around the edges
like a tunnel. Look at all this junk.

“These paintings
were made with blood.”
He claimed he wrote it one night.

Deplore.
Apace.
When you’re with the puppet.

I chose the better looking habit.

Very clean and white. Very white.
Before the first word
is spoken.

“I did it. Did you see me?”

poem by Kate Greenstreet, originally appearing in Fence.