You are playing cards with three Jeffs. One is your father, one is your brother, and the other is your current boyfriend. All of them have seen you naked and heard you talking in your sleep. Your boyfriend Jeff gets up to answer the phone. To them he is a mirror, but to you he is a room.
Richard SikenYouโre falling now. Youโre swimming. This is not โโโโโโโโโโharmless. You are not โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโbreathing.
Richard SikenI swear, I end up feeling empty, like you've taken something out of me and I have to search my body for scars.
Richard SikenYou see, I take the parts that I remember and stitch them back together to make a creature that will do what I say or love me back.
Richard Siken