flay me
skin me
dip me
into an ocean
of your salty tears
burn me as your effigy
carve your initials
into my heart
take my ribs
and
carve them
form a frame from them
in which to rest
your pretty head

i don’t give a fuck
about me
without you

and that isn’t going to happen

so
strip mine my corpse
into
whatever baubles you need
hang my finger bones
as earrings
put my eyeballs
in a jar

then we can both pretend
i was worth
your time