Tagged: blood

squeezed between cultures

squeezed between cultures,
not knowing which runs deeper –
ah, here comes a drop
.
20201210:0652
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the heart, troubled, can

the heart, troubled, can
fool itself and companion
organs to help speed
its demise. it’s a lose-
lose situation, stretching to
compensate, stretching
to compensate –
in the end, our
bodies are altogether
witness, criminal, and
location of a drowning
.
20170323:2215
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monday morning

monday morning
arrives early
to draw our blood –
we learn to greet
one another
with this much
lightheadedness
.
20151207:0824
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one small slip, and i

one small slip, and i
am back to zero days without
injury – a spot

of sorry, a hint of skin on
my bloody ginger grater
.
20150930:0745
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this morning, grating

this morning, grating
ginger – a small cut, blood for
blood – yesterday’s dead

cockroach haunting me. i pretend
this makes us at all even
.
20150326:1015
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our cells are meant

our cells are meant
to carry more
than their own
weight – it’s
a natural catch-
and-release, like
committing
you to memory
.
20140612:0851
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if i could spare one

if i could spare one
more sleeve on this, i’d let you
choose a tourniquet

to control the flow. you’d gauge
my comfort, saying there, there
.
20130212:1523
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nearing twilight,

nearing twilight,
as the blood
cools, you shrug
off your great sky
coat. even from
about sixty
earth radii, the
sigh is undeniable
.
20121223:2240
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morning cuts and bleeds

morning cuts and bleeds
like the rest of us – it’s the
pin-prick test that seals
the recognition
.
20120121:1308
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