Aftermath
my body remembers yours.
I see film stills of the small imprint
of a heart against the flushed skin
of your neck, where the necklace
had pushed against your breath.
i went to church once, and you are
something like scripture, the taste of
palms/psalms/hymns/him/hum.
at least i think so.
i wasn’t listening anyway.
work makes the hands
beautiful. your hands are marred
from digging up my words.
heartlines, love sweeter than
the sense of relief.
this is about you. it has always
been about you.
the seamstresses hands
are lovelier than mine,
mine which have ravaged the earth
searching for the place
where i buried the bones.
heartlines like a treasure map;
the x marks the spot where
your marred hands tore the earth apart
to let my bones breathe.
planes overhead like
bumper car stars.
light spills from the cracks in your palms
leaving the pilot dazed.
i will forever be standing here
at the site of the crash.
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