Lovers Cutting Crimson Poem by James McLain

When she saw Stephanie looking at them,
Crimson said something about losing a fight with her
girl friends rose bush.

You're aware
that some people — both guys and girls — cut themselves
very much on purpose.
Could you be a friend of mine
and be not one of them?
If so, what should I do?

Cutting — using a sharp object
to cut your own skin
on purpose until it bleeds — is a form of.
Crimson sometimes self-injures
by burning her skin with the lit end of a cigarette,
a lighter, or a match.
Her skin won't show cut marks,
but it might show the small, round scars of a burn.

Some girls even guys turn to vibrators
because the moon as it stretches this behavior
when they have problems or painful feelings
and haven't found another way to cope or get relief.

Most of the time,
people who cut themselves don't talk to any one but me.
But sometimes they confide in me and tell me what it's like
to stretch the moon instead of cutting.
A friend I am.
Sometimes a friend might find out in another way.
Tomorrow I will look at your lips and tongue your moon.