GIRL

so this girl swoops down
into my face screaming
"you fucked me up!"
but the rain's coming down
so hard that whatever came out
of her mouth next got drowned out
but i could see her face
breaking up into a thousand little
pieces and reconstructing
into different faces
like into a boy's face
then into a different girl's face
then into a woman's face
and into a dog's face
into a snake face
and i got what was happening
beneath the display of rage
and violence ready to occur
so i took her into my arms
and she felt my heart pound
i was so scared but couldn't
let go then until  we turned into
a lamb's tail
into a swallow
into a flea
into a split pea
and then we were nothing
and then we were nothing
but the essence of she