Wednesday, May 21, 2008

pang

a white-hot little pin
sunken under the fingernail
or in between
the ribs.

a splinter
working its way through
flesh and
memory.

a railroad tie
of wanton thrillful desires
beaten upon to the tune
of a neighbor's heartbeat.

a little grain of sand
hard and black
stuck in a tearing eye
just out of sight

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