Tuesday, May 31, 2016

back pain

it is as if 
someone has placed a 
sharpened nail
in the upper righthand
corner
of my back,
just beneath the 
shoulder blade
and took a hammer ever 
so neatly
tapping the nail 
until it snuggly 
is embedded 
in me.
it pulses,
the tapping of 
the hammer
on 
repeat.
it hurts.





No comments: