How to Be a Man

 

Bleed from your mouth

Bleed from your nose

 

Bleed in a bar

Bleed in a library

 

Bleed loudly

Bleed often

 

Ask your father about bleeding

Write a book about bleeding

 

Paint a picture

Of bleeding

 

Name your son

Bleeding

 

Pray for bleeding

Weep for lack of bleeding

 

Bleed for fun

Bleed to die

 

But do not

Bleed because.

 

 


CJ Strauss (he/they) is a poet.

 

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