04: nonee&ease
for nonee,
days after being with ease were always the hardest.
all she did was what was expected of her each day,
lie with pigs and play in their slop.
maggots were conditioned to be beasts.
even so,
it was hard not to sense something more humane about
ease because of how he executed.
neither one of them had ever known
a father, a mother or even what a relationship was like.
she did know that she felt something
she wasn’t told to feel when she was with ease,
and no one had ever told her what to do with it.
care or concern had yet to show up
in nonee’s so-called life.
not even a missed delivery, or failed attempt,
so it felt extraordinary
to have it arrive like this.
nonee sauntered over to ease,
who was still gazing at her, and kissed him on the lips.
both were uncomfortable. both were sincere.
if kissing had a virginity…
they appeared to be losing it.