AX MAN

First time was the best.

First time the corpse was still warm

from the sun & still smelled

like human flesh.

First time was a boy criminal who he'd

axed for the crowd without much effort

at all.

The boy hadn't cried - seemed alright

with it...

The boy had winked at him as the ax

fell & that was what had given him the idea

in the first place.

First time he stroked & washed & dried that

boy he was as hard as the steel that had ended

the boy's flirtations.

First time he kissed that dead asshole...

First time he pressed inside that dead void...

First time he shot inside of a boy with no screams

or teardrops or threats of discovery...

That first time convinced him that death

is only the beginning.