we let them survive
imbibed in blood
television or jesus or school
it takes exsanguination
for cruel release and vengeance
blister burst boil lanced
the only remediation being
a drawing out of humours black
or breathing a vein as women do
let debauched and hungry leeches come
I want to swoon
until I forget that love conquers all
your greed is good
my submission is freedom
the certainty of death and taxes
eleanor j jackson 