I once slew a beautiful beast. I brought you meat and a silver sable fur to keep you warm

through the coldest winter we’d ever known. Once, I was a Saint who loved throwing

miracles at your feet. I once was the Devil who incinerated your generous spirit with my

savage desires. I ate your heart while it still beat within your magnificent breast. I

was once an Angel who held you tight throughout a long and devastating night. I was once

your lover who gave you the world in the shimmer of a solitary black pearl … which I

later lost in this canyon by the sea. I was once a man who cared a lot. I grew a gorgeous

crop, sustaining you and only you.

04/06/2012