At Night

When she was a child, Marie decided to live her life as a horse



She greatly enjoyed her agony, but eventually the humiliations of

The saddle lost their appeal

She lives with me now, in this house

Where every night we play the same game

It begins at dusk;

Marie taunts me with her naked breasts, which hang like

Dazzling moons, then I dump one of our many overflowing

Ashtrays over her body

The ashes cling to the urine on her torn

Clothes forming new, amusing patterns each time

At night she

Reenacts scenes from her passion

She kicks and screams on all

Fours—her violent dressage thrills me

When she is too tired to

Move, I collect the bitter flakes from her head

I press against her

Naked body and squeeze it until she loses any remaining

Pretense of beauty

These acts are nauseating but necessary