Marduk T-Shirt Men’s Room Incident

Slumped up against the sink

Hair plastered to her cheeks

Marduk t-shirt sticking to her skin

Refugee from a disco in old East Berlin

Weightless

Formless

Blameless

Nameless

Stray syllables were gurgling

From her throat, one at a time

Face hidden from my view

I let myself imagine she was you

Only weightless

Formless

Blameless

Nameless

And when I washed my hands

I ran the water hotter than I could stand

Half rising to a crouch

Sinking back down to the floor

In your walking, keep your head low

Try to leave no traces when you go

Stay weightless

Formless

Blameless

Nameless