Pan
And now where have they been, the boys? Something’s missing from their eyes, something trusting, something kind cast off like skin or old toys. The farm that reeks of shit in summer— they smell of it, their breath so thick we gag. Could they have traveled all that way while we were staring, returning to us feral, with a blank mistrust that borders on intent to kill? They’ve become the rivals we forgot we had, —their nails clotted with muck or rust— untended, cloven, and aroused.