[Peter Scalpello]
tend
er
oppressed & hypersexual, i
question what’s the link
between violence & homoero
ticism as the boiler churns.
you fucking love me & say
it again, hard knuckle
my back so sheets dampen in
taps to the romance of
sacrifice. the rumour of
sobriety allows no ritual, so
our love is not default.
my tiny existence this
headstand, & tongue with
your dna. carry it like
rainwater weighs down the
river. like we get all dress
ed up & then can’t leave
the house. how can you say
love so much although i’m
not enough? how can
don’t tell anyone mean
that was all i’ve ever
dreamed of
Peter Scalpello is a queer poet and sexual health therapist from Glasgow, currently living and working in East London. His work has been published internationally. His debut pamphlets will be published by Broken Sleep Books in March 2021. Tweets here.
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