1/unknown

Un-soft wrinkles stick and snag
Poised at touch to dig and drag
Folds of crimson nettles cling
Skin tingling, tightens as ears ring


2/unknown

Follicles stripped bleeding, bare
Jolts to lapsing synapse flare
Leave no way to exit, save
Uprooting soil from one’s own grave

 

unknown/end
 

Fingernails graze chalk and bone
A tangible dissonant tone
Catch in teeth and dislodge jaw
Snap as final camel’s straw

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©Kaylee Schuler