Monday, October 1, 2012

Splinter Hands

Our bodies hold together like

the way smoke tangles

and then vanishes

you could call it an addiction

but we're more of a cheap metaphor

for moth covered porch lamps

where children go to collect

insect bones and splinters


Constant tree knock gospels

you have woodpecker lips

leaving holes in

scattered veins

made out of every time

you ever said the words

"you and I"

I wouldn't mind the red

if you threaded our fingers

with wood chips


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