talk

We wield spears and shake hands.

Do the tango with knives poised between our teeth.

Kiss with poisoned lips.

because we don't talk

But the barrier has always been there, only now intensified with rust.

because we don't talk

And we keep nudging and pulling for shameful tastes of moremoremore as we shed little scales of pride.

because we don't talk

Come out, come out, naked into the world.

talk