Neil Frank explores the idea of being somewhere new, and what this entails, in this powerful poem.
No 1. Label your collar
to avoid feeling ornamental.
No 2. Don’t wipe away the blue blood,
even if it’s like a bookkeeper’s thumb.
No 3. Use cologne to hide.
Your shame emanates
like a freshly peeled orange.
(Some let their ink-nosebleeds drip
and stain. They gnaw on the rind of fruit
plucked elsewhere as detergent, or
for nutrition).
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