SNUFF FLICK

by Bryan Borland

So my book designer died,
John, who consoled me
when my father died
by suggesting I watch
pornography. “God knew
what he was doing
when he gave us wanking,”
he said, and now he is gone,
leaving me to amateurs
halfheartedly creating art
on my computer screen,
naked as the day they were born.

© Bryan Borland