and in those moments
and in those moments
when a new lover’s
fingerprints ridge textures
over my skin I
try not to remember you.
the noise in my heart
sometimes
the noise in my heart is
more perilous
than the noise in
my head.
i tumble your words
i tumble the rawhew
of your words around
my mouth cutting
my gums and
spitting out blood like
gasoline.
airtipped
airtipped
eaglewing.
overhead
flows.