Warrior Mouth

eat nothing but meat and blood and milk.

surrounded by air when you sleep,
lay one cheek against gravel.

cover only your lower half and scream
before your eyes shut.

if the gates of the city are closed,
destroy the surrounding walls.

let peasants rip and tear at your skin
until the final judgment comes.

you must be loud,
you must gnash,
so that your can wife hear you,
from 10,000 miles away,
and is comforted to know that the son growing inside of her,
will never be alone.