hunger hurts but it holds a howl
loose company
                      no doorbell
needed for such ghosts and ghouls
that creep in through the floor
boards ...
       ... i can't board myself up
       ... i'm so bored with myself
       ... --- ...
       ....
       ....

yes, cruelty is in the hushing 
but, so fruitful is scar tissue

       pain
           ting and naming it all
		
scared of heights but the highs
keep the ground from swallowing

chomping
chewing

hunger hurts and it holds a howl
tight lonlieness
                    no permission
needed to spill what i can't have