//

she purged something hot
he felt helpless
“i’m sorry” she said
“yeah, me too”
she smiled then
“don’t worry, i’ll be here for a while
this disease will take a while before it kills me”

//

the monster lived in an apartment,
that was small and dark,
downtown
with his roommate, the bat
the bat slept all day
and watched horror films all night
one rainy night,
the monster came home with takeout
from the japanese restaurant by the apartment
“i’ve got food”
the bat nodded
“what movie is this?” the monster asked,
as he sat on the floor beside the bat
and gave him his food
“suicide circle”
“ah”
the monster flinched a little
when he saw the girls fling themselves
in front of the train,
buckets of blood pouring everywhere
the bat didn’t even blink
“i’m going to the bathroom” the monster announced to no one
because the bat never replies really
the monster looked at his face in the mirror
ugly and scarred
he punched the mirror,
shards of glass cutting his fist,
blood draining in the sink
he sighed
“fuck”
he cleaned himself up
and went back downstairs to join the bat
who certainly did notice the monster’s self-abuse
but didn’t say anything