a black widow drips acid from her fingertips
onto pale horse ribcages,
their skulls neigh at
distant rocky cliffs who
have forgotten all about them
a woman sick with smallpox
breathes fire over her stinking arms
the smoke is friendlier than ever
a black widow drips acid down into her
she thrashes
and thrashes
and thrashes
it’s a maze of feverish dreams
and it’s friendlier than ever
