let the stove get hot, we need heatnnto harm all the house with our teethnni can't make dinner properlynnyou are a girl with a cock?nni am a boy who can't talk?nnwarm the analphabet soup to grind all the milk out of younnwe share the kitchen table, and vomit the newspaper back and forthnnbut: can i talk to you?nni'd like a word with younndivorce lawyers i shaved my head, she shaved her head: we are newnnstanding near the window, she pulls her pants down, a little, and says:nn'do you see where i used to be a boy?'nni say, 'i've had it in my mouth: i swallowed the evidence downnnand the children we wanted around have stayed in my stomach to drown.'nnshe panics and says, 'this is all i have in my hands.nni want to forget who i am. i want to fuck and forget who i am.'nnand so we swallow faucets and spit hot water between our lips, like:nnwhat would we say instead?nnand we gather our hair like bark from backyards wherennwe force the fire to spread with sawdust carved from our headsnnwhere did you put my autobiography?nnwhere did you put all the wood for the winter?nnwhere did you thrust all the oil we kept up?nnand how do we get warm how do we stay warm?