THE TREATMENT OF KNEES
︎︎︎ Sasha Cyril
︎ Nov 19, 2022
Arm wrestling that night we called a truce and continued to hold hands
I glimpsed through the back door, to where the secret garden waved.
He had iron fists that you beat me with Tuesday to Thursday
the sober nights
my special nights
It was the owner who suggested the match and she also that screamed
Stop!
When too many goblets got smashed
wine coloured carpets under foot drank up cheap liquid
When she screamed, everyone laughed
all the other two
Not noticing the pairs of hands gripping in fight
our hands in flight, moving down to underneath the table to play
I glimpsed through the back door, to where the secret garden waved.
He had iron fists that you beat me with Tuesday to Thursday
the sober nights
my special nights
It was the owner who suggested the match and she also that screamed
Stop!
When too many goblets got smashed
wine coloured carpets under foot drank up cheap liquid
When she screamed, everyone laughed
all the other two
Not noticing the pairs of hands gripping in fight
our hands in flight, moving down to underneath the table to play
Sasha Cyril is a conjurer and writer based in Copenhagen with bylines in TPR, Playboy, Pariah Press, Dirt Children, and Vanity Fair.
Also by Sasha: VICTOR CYRIL NOEL