Deadwood

He calls her dead-wood

it's a term of ritual abuse

a redundant organ he cannot sell on eBay;

a hollowed trunk.

A barren bitch, his notion of endearment

with an engine lacking oil he grinds his

wife to pulp.

Glued to his side 'til his coffin he'll smoke

this deadwood make a suitable nest

from which her children will fly.

May 2007