A rat prince
Stalking family
In the textbook-urine
Stinking darkness,
While in your head
A feared schoolmaster
Canes you
For wetting yourself
During Latin
When asked to recite-
You snatch
Barehanded;
Squealing,
Your brother
Writhes between
Your blunt human teeth,
His head coming off;
A bottle uncorked-
The chip is silent,
Mother sneers:
"Rats like you,
Don't count!"
As she tumbles
Into blowing ashes
While rat-blood burns
Down your throat,
Nauseating you,
Filling you-
Her vicar shakes
A mute finger at you,
"Shame!"
The lips of his
Torn throat
Jeer bloodlessly,
"Excrement
Feeding upon
Excrement!"
Soul burning
You scream,
"Shut up!"
While
In your own
Filth
You pounce
Once more;
A writhing squeal,
The tear of
Hide,
The crunch of
Little bones.
Black leather
Sleek,
You stand
To one side,
Smirking,
Sardonic,
Derisive-
Everything
You've lost-
The look in your eyes…
(Merciless.)