The Blood & The Bones

I know that sex sells
but so does pain
they eat it up
as you use these pages
like bandages

you’re just looking
for some kind of mend

and they’re just here
to get high
or hard
or slither vicariously
in the secondhand healing
as you bleed bright red
cries for help or love
or even just understanding

while they beg for more
just one more score

addicted to how
you are
so
fucking
broken
and yet still
so captivating

the blood
& the bones