Thursday, October 29, 2009

this is the way heroism works

your hands like thistles

prick the skin so lightly



leave stippled pink scratches

on the part of myself


that never sees the sun

that trembles under touch



my body is a nest full of

little open mouths



and I do not want

you to fill them

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

jamie, it's dan jusinski - i wish i could write like you! hope you don't mind if i follow your blog.

how's it been?