glow-in-the-dark

I walked in on my dad

He was watching pornography on the Internet

The sounds of animals fighting

Through tiny computer speakers

Had woken me up

The room was midnightdark

I know he couldn't see me

Bathing in the glow

Dimming and brightening

With each new camera angle

I crept out of the room, quiet as a mouse

Laid down in bed and closed my eyes

I didn't know what to do

I fell asleep to the rutting noises

Of nameless acquaintances, forgotten within the hour

When I was a kid, afraid of the moon

My dad gave me a glow-in-the-dark figurine

Of the infant Jesus

I still have it somewhere

It still glows