Cruelty, Lucille Clifton

cruelty. don’t talk to me about cruelty
or what i am capable of.

and i killed them. i took a broom to their country

and smashed and sliced without warning
without stopping and i smiled all the time i was doing it.

it was a holocaust of roaches, bodies,
parts of bodies, red all over the ground.

i didn’t ask their names.
they had no names worth knowing.

now i watch myself whenever i enter a room.
i never know what i might do.

(via leprintemps, grammatolatry, partythighs)

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