object #1: your sim makes a face at his own body after “woo hoo”

see the black boy
made of wood,

a pleated ass,
a curve –

see where fingers
gnaw

him a smeared color.
gouts rooting,

teeth
scratching the bone.

he stands, once a tree –
diced limbs,

hole in the neck
of the pelvis,

rotting slowly
as light gathers him.

Luther Hughes

Luther Hughes

Luther Hughes is from Seattle, Washington, but is currently pursuing his BA in poetry at Columbia College Chicago. He curates, "Shade," a literary blog for queer writers of color. He has published wor