NEW SHAME

New shame arrived today

in the family

a boy that never learnt

how to walk on steady feet

and wash his hands

from failure

is lifting the weights of fate

like another

television superhero

Remembering the welcomes

and the hot lies

the snakes stayed inside holes for a break

and we enjoyed

the video-game nights

when we just wanted to

fuck with the stars

and trap them between

tongues and teeth

The cement dried sooner tonight

and my feet are stuck

up to my ankles

like a hollow statue

eaten from the inside

by the wormwood of

reality

The kids of the neighborhood

i always wished to befriend

wrote on the pedestal

of my stomach:

"Always desired

this life to be mine, still

i'm the last in line."