after Kara Walker’s A Subtlety, or The Marvelous Sugar Baby
Come on boy, say Sweet. Say it
swift, man-like, no soft snaking
on the S. You such a sweet boy.
Give daddy some sugar. Come
here, sit on my lap, you so sweet
to me. Let me bite your sweet ass.
Put your hand here. Your skin
so beautiful next to mine. You so
sweet, stick your pinky in my tea.
Let me hold you between my teeth
like cane, bite clean to the sweet
marrow, chew, and spit a clear arc
clean through the brown-gold heat.