Papercut
Papercut in the finger joint,
Belly full of sweet waters and bad dreams;
There are very few things I wouldn’t do for this,
A million miles and a few months.
Years and years of yearning.
A heathen again,
A half hearted hallelujah,
A hollow harmony.
Dirty nails long and sweetly sutured skin,
Flesh forever mirroring a crosshatched god,
Mouthful of blood,
Pine needles, honeysuckle and apricot,
A centipede season wherever you aren’t
What do you do when fun isn’t fun anymore?
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an American sonnet
every line a poem
evocative yearning
& the question at last
so good
Terrific!