Kino-Eyes, Part V

Canto IV
Tonight, she is a golden girl.
Tonight, she hopes she can take the blame for that.
But tonight, her father is beside her like a father,
like a father proud of his daughter. And she knows
she cannot take the blame. She hopes her heart
won’t pull her awake from him.
She prays for that.
They ask her to
pray,
at times.

Canto X
The poisonous sweetness of movement,
the slide of closeness,
the disgusting thick billows of lechery,
and you dare to break promises?
The world falls and turns around you.
Deny your ownership, of course. Deny your
ownership and burn the world without yourself.
Look in the glass, like Eden, turn off that road
and you won’t be alone like you are now.
You are so alone like now.

Canto IV
The soft pale gold drops of tears on her cheeks
are too moving. He burns like the ache of loss.
She burns like the trust of self. He takes her in
his arms. No daughter ever too tall for that. He
cradles her like the infant she is still. He says she
should never go, and she should never be alone,
and he says she is beautiful despite the stains
ringing her from thigh to ankle. Despite the scars
she took on her neck.

Canto X
Are you sure your coast is that clear?
The naked crabs are ripping steely things
and you shouldn’t walk alone through that.
Under these skies,
under the sweat of the hot sunset,
under the chemical burn of the murderous skies
are you---
sure?