dressed
in head to toe
gray and red today
not sure the image
i am presenting
dour storm
or
bloody fool

but my boxers
are purple
so somewhere
beneath it all
there is
a tinge
of royal
hidden from the world

between that
and the ink
soaked into scars
i look like
jackson pollack’s
least favorite

night terror

an exhibition on ugly
in a world
of beauty