Commandments

By Anonymous

12th Grade, 2021-2022

Commandments

catch my bloated hands and swing from your uncut ties because you forced scissors into my hands and said “do it”

don’t slip or stumble under the season of ripe tomatoes and peaches because your finish line was further back

ignore my words because you are an op-ed asshole and do not know how to be wrong

do not touch me because touch makes you lazy because there is no reason to use words or face forward when in-out requires no explanation

call me back

let this be the last time for you but the first time for me until you have stared at yourself so long that the word starts to look funny, squiggly lines and round ears, when you must reframe the mirror and ask for someone else to nail it into the wall.