Have You?

Have you ever put a knife's edge to your throat

and dragged it slowly against your coarse skin

so that the serrated blade grabs you until you rip?

Have you ever done this while looking in mirror

to watch the blood taint the stainless steel

and lazily drip down the side of your neck?

Have you ever told someone to watch you

and press his tongue to the scarlet drops, cleaning

the salty surface as he takes the final slice across?

Have you ever smiled and laughed so loudly

that it draws a crowd, gazing at the spectacle

of your life escaping from your body?

Have you ever caught blood from your unhinged head

in a clear plastic cup, painting it red with each splash,

and try to replace it pouring out like Victoria Falls?

Have you ever died with millions watching

as you struggle to gasp for air, crash to your knees

and with your last bit of life watch them walk by?