Open Throat

by Henry Hoke

I want to thank my people but I know if they see me it’ll fuck up our relationship

I want to devour their sound I have so much language in my brain and nowhere to put it

she makes a circle of sparkling stones around my sofa and kneels and feeds me from her outstretched palm and calls me her goddess if you feel alone in the world find someone to worship you

I feel more like a person than ever because I’m starting to hate myself