04-03-2021, 08:42 AM
Shaving seems strange
Removing the lines that separate one from another
There is a scar along my left cheek bone
Like a shallow valley
Where skin parted and never properly rejoined
First there’s 2 and then there’s not
A stick, a ball, a crow
A thief that’s trying to be caught
A wheel that turns below
The mirror doesn’t have a scar
It looks back with clean smooth lines
She bragged to me once
While leaning on a fence
Throwing bread to geese
-a nesting pair-
“I’ve never broken a bone”
And I agreed
I’ve never broken one either
But I’ve had one broken
Removing the lines that separate one from another
There is a scar along my left cheek bone
Like a shallow valley
Where skin parted and never properly rejoined
First there’s 2 and then there’s not
A stick, a ball, a crow
A thief that’s trying to be caught
A wheel that turns below
The mirror doesn’t have a scar
It looks back with clean smooth lines
She bragged to me once
While leaning on a fence
Throwing bread to geese
-a nesting pair-
“I’ve never broken a bone”
And I agreed
I’ve never broken one either
But I’ve had one broken