Handbook

a perfect torture is best
completed by the victim
already prone and pale
who knows the points
between the bones
into which the thin
blade best slides
the victim knows
themselves what pain is
best inflicted

at times of grief or sorrow
the flesh is laid bare
rended and bruised
ripe for the cut
compounding a misery
adopted well before
the torturer has revealed
himself as the subject
who has shown the way