splinters of wood
when handling beams
would sliver into the fingertips
i always felt them
but only a few hurt enough to pull out
the rest
i left
in there
my
fingers
my
flesh
grew around them
and now they're so deep
i don't notice
or if i do
barely
it's no longer as if i formed around them
but with them
i am the splinter
and the splinter is me
that is how each of her kisses
was
so now
when you kiss me
and ask if i've been gnawing on a branch
i don't understand
i'm so used to it
it seems natural
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