Alex Schramm

The Filthiest Photo

Ripping photos from my palm

Clouding the most important details with your fingerprints

Tossing each aside, like you even had the right, you said:

“This girl used you for money and left bruises on your cheeks,

This one needed solace, some pitiful assurance she was real-

And this one slept with you because she couldn’t stand the hunger of being alone.”

Then, finding your picture, beautiful but ancient, you fell silent.

Yeah, you’re right, you just might be a hypocrite-

Exactly like all of those blindfolded pretty girls…

Who puke then call out “filthy” when they sense us in a room.

You know, this leaden pinching in my throat,

Tells me that your picture lied, too.