Thank You

Thank you
Else I’d be crying unattended in a desolate corner of that public hospital



Thank you
Else I’d be sucking out a human life from a malnourished breast 


Thank you
Else I’d be running naked in public places much to the agony of the blessed few


Thank you
Else I’d be smoking out my impoverished lungs outside a municipal school


Thank you
Else I’d be playing cards under stunted trees in the company of stunted men


Thank you
Else I’d be washing cars at a garage only to fund my drunken sorrows each night


Thank you 
Else I’d be cursing you my entire life for this farce called a life


Thank you
For saving yourself from the humiliation and pain of my abuse


Thank you
For saving me from it too


Thank you for the condom