Bite

Introduce your burning
chest
rip through buttons
exhibition
to the crowd, because
you know why
you hurt now.

Evidence
snake bites
flushed punctures
spreading venom
heart beat
s s s stutters
but

...

a loss
no
this doesn't have to be
one
not if you
mean it
or just
commit, god, just
commit to the
end,
at least,
not if you
fight through the
death throes
for true, for
true
clarity.