I Know of a Place Where Young Men Go to Hide Their Shame: And if You Love Me You'll Make Love to Me There

I Know of a Place Where Young Men Go to Hide Their Shame:
And if You Love Me You'll Make Love to Me There

I know of a place
where young men go
to hide their shame.

My friend once told me that
he hid it in his big toe,
that if you slammed it hard enough
you'd see him cry-
not from the pain
but the guilt that would leak out.

I've looked for it there
and all I can find
is flesh
and more flesh
and further enough
you can reach the bone.

-Matthew Koutzun