Thursday, November 13, 2014

Paradox of Aching




Maybe it doesn’t start out that way,
pain with salt, stiff knots in the muscle
of hips, an electric inspection for a berth
it can loiter in to burn a name for itself.

Consider: bark, when stripped, is an idle
dog in the slim shade of a roof at one in the afternoon.
The throb is in the meat, the twitch
when the hand gets magnet close, enough

to suck it down or push it completely
away.  Both with a growl.  Both with teeth.
Shit if you want the pain, get the hell out.
If you don’t, touch the dog.  She’s not

asleep. 


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