EYES
{blink} flash
focus-color
color-color
{blink}absence
of color-oil spill
images burn
on the lid-a teapot
sneakers-your face
all in negative
{blink} flash
focus-your face
your touch-salvation
HEART
{thump}red
in-out-through
in-out-through
{thump}red
{Thump}in
{THump}Out
{THUMP}Through
on the neck-
small of my back-
chest
{THUMPTHUMP}
salvation
TONGUE
{word}thought
maybe?-said anyway
{words}3 of them
damnit-payoff
{more is said}-didnt need to be
{shout}feelings
thoughts
climbing
up my spine
{apology}
salvation
1 comment:
this is the human in us, the moment when everything slows and all you hear is the blood in your ears, and you have to concentrate on breathing, blinking.
salvation in the basics. it is our instincts that save us, despite our highly developed brains.
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