if it’s about abuse, then yes, i’ll answer the questions

Luther Hughes

 

no, i’m not sure why. i remember where. maybe

i was wearing boxers. no, they came off

easily, like any skin would.

he was as forceful as his joint allowed. always inside.

outside too. i forget what he said afterwards.

before, he said play brothers do this. want this.

his demands: bend down. unclench. pray a little.

no, i don’t think he was christian. no, we didn’t church

together. probably late afternoon. or evening;

i remember a sullen moon caught between eyelids—

bronze; the color of august.

 

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