i need some cake

I need some cake.

a slice will do, with a cold glass
of milk.

tell me about your childhood.
the lack of.

the trauma of violence and abuse.
breaking glass.

cursing. broken bones.
sitting at the top of the stairs
at midnight
listening to the fight.

to the parents who couldn't get
a thing right.

I need some cake.
even now, so many years later.