What Do People Do at Night?

The cat licks her leg so long it starts to bleed
I soak prozac in her food
Make a meal described in a memoir about eating disorders
I misspell memoir as memori
Time shifts over my body like it wants to fuck me senseless
I am too afraid to move
Describe the meal I ate from a memoir about eating disorders
Dark branches, white flowers, yellow centres like doors
The magnolia tree marks itself along the wall
This is another way to talk about shadows
This shadow of myself on the balcony at midnight
This shadow of hunger getting hungrier
A shadow of a circle I conquer in myself
I don’t want to be a woman or a girl
I want to be a mouth
I want to open
I want to close