Double-Knotted
1
i have 10fingers that have no
skin ____ what happened? my
bones sucked them in.
2
i have 2mouths that can't keep
shut, one sees pain, the other
eats it.
3
my tongue is double-knotted
lies inside a tooth fence
strains to speak, so hard it
keeps the knot tight.
4
there are trails that look like
veins that pull parasites in
that wring them taut.
5
i don't know why my body
wants to lie, to exhale the
truth out into the sky.
6
eyes cover my flesh, endlessly
cry, having seen too much.
Copyright © Rachel Hart | Year Posted 2008
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