Frozen Pipe

You cracked your life like a frozen pipe
Trying to flush the blockage clean
The fluid artery creaks a whale sound
Then spits the haemorrhage in your face as it bleeds

The pressure drops into the mop bucket
Collecting spilt lifeblood as it leaks
It’s pouring out in shades of sour rust
You never felt its creeping toxicity?

It’s stained your hair
So shave your head
And burn your clothes
Douse every remnant