Thursday, July 10, 2008

poem

takes me through days,
months,
of words slicing
through a softened
heart. Sometimes a gash,
a rush of red running
off the table,
pooling onto the floor. Other
times a space mended,
filled. Cavities and holes
no longer leaking
life but scarlet
pockets, blue-veined
and hollowed.

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