Cannibalistic Throes

For targets of naïve sorts
that meets no criteria
that suits Deaf natives
that set boundaries
that makes an island
that no other can alight
that cold cauldron is ready.

Tribal Wars

Sounds from hearing aid feedback
pestering earmolds, festering sores

Hurting – iodized and bandaged.

Sounds from cochlear implant
cut up, dug in, thrown in, sewed up

Hurting – iodized and bandaged.

Sounds from embattling hands
slashed, stabbed, smacked, pushed

Hurting – iodized and bandaged.

Sounds from English
bastardized, vilified, immunized

Hurting – iodized and bandaged.

Sounds from undying tongues
screaming, coughing, puking, spitting

Hurting – iodized and bandaged.

Sounds from desperate deaf souls
urging, starving, thirsting, yearning

Hurting – iodized and bandaged.

Sounds from me
ignored, unwanted, rejected, kicked out

Hurting – iodized and bandaged.