choke hold / strangle hold

Wednesday, September 15, 2004

how nothing feels

i remember everything
except who you were

we walked for hours
stopping briefly
for me to climb
concrete and maple

and you asked me how it was possible that i could still care
and i did

i wanted to show you my body
the tricks that i had learned
i wanted it all back
i wanted to take it all back
and i did
both

our reflections in the basement bathroom mirror
full wall
above and behind
you wrapped around me
my flesh protected momentarily by the spines
that you had developed over the years

of walking
for hours
without me

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