How are you?

I’m fine.

Really?

Of course I am.

Why do you ask?

Because I know you

Dig deep

What do you feel?

I don’t feel anything

Numbness or emptiness?

A little of both

Mostly a big heavy

And the rest, well, empty.

What did I just see?

Are you mad?

Are you sad?

I don’t think so

Dig a little deeper

Do you feel anything?

I feel a fencing foil

From my throat

To my rectum

Its getting bigger

And hotter

Its growing

To the size of

A knight’s sword

It’s starting to glow

with heat

it’s getting larger

its settled

in my belly

into the shape

of a big iron stove

It’s settled

The fire is out

The hot coals remain

What the hell was that?

That’s exactly what that was

Hell

Your hell

The pain from your past

The pain from your present

The pain from your future

If you don’t resolve this

C’mon it wasn’t that bad

Wasn’t that bad?

That’s because

You’ve numbed it all

You’ve deadened the pain

Because it is too much to bear

And empty

Because you’ve killed

Parts of you