electroshock therapy &
the minotaur that follows you home

they would 
have known
me as a lightning 
rod-- what kind of
god holds thunder
in jars 
on the shelf--
has the will to inflict 
the sky?
oh doctor doctor
what kind of 
cure do you have 
for the labyrinths
carved in skulls
by my foot steps
through this city 
where 
the alleys always
lead to the ocean--
what kind of 
minotaur do you have
to let loose after me--
stalking
every shadow full of
static--
maybe a hundred years
ago i would have been
a patient of electroshock 
therapy
for any 
number of reasons--
1. the homosexual-- 
confused
about the script of a body 
2. the bisexual-- 
ill-formed--
indecisive-- a catalyst for
love
3. the neurotic-- 
mouth full 
of none-sense 
words-- 
he sees the minotaur
4. when the lobotomy wasn't 
enough 
5. he knows the minotaur
by name-- calls to
him when he thinks 
he's alone--
6. he holds the sky
too close to himself
before sleeping
7. he believes in
flight-- the type only
angels make
8. he gets lost
in places he doesn't know
entirely on purpose--
9. at night
he likes to pretend there
is no one else left on
earth but him
10. the transgender--
they say he was born in
the body of a girl--
he says he was born
in a body that
will always keep
minotaurs--
what kind of lost 
are you today?
what kind of electricity  
in left under your skin
from the last time
i touched you?
we telephone wires--
we street light flicker--
we patients 
of lightning--
what kind of god
was it who told
you there was thunder
in your skulls--
the minotaur
the minotaur
follows me
home