TruthI choke on the word spit it out on the carpet it’s much shinier than I expected I kick it under the couch What about truth therapist says tilts her head looks under the couch Do I know what it is how could all these things have happened to me in one lifetime not even a liftetime a childtime it’s supposed to be time to be a child what does that even mean when so many kids are f****d by adults bullshit I say it’s bullshit all lies I curl on the couch like paper to a flame therapist sits forward what is true I say orange flames leaping off my sleeves therapist reaches under the couch slides out truth sets it on the floor between us Here is truth she says and there are you what is your relationship to it and I think she must be stupid to be asking me such a loaded question while I’m on fi
