Marrow Pain passes membranesslyly smilesteeth blackened, daggeredbite through timespit-splatter into lifetimesbeyond bodies Karmic lessons danglelike keys fromsoul locksif I listen I canhear them clang It’s the decipheringthat’s difficultthe surround-soundof trauma is deafening So I look for the mouths nowon pain’s shifting facesstick out my armlet them clamp down When bone breaksI know I have the… Continue reading Poem 229 – Marrow
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Poem 228 – Spool
Spool cursive sentencesconnected by sighswhen pulled & stretchedcould roll into the world’slargest spool –worry-wood wrappedin the thread of my living I miss her such a collision of soundsthese letters of undoingspell my story of stitcheshemming edges thatdesire an end beyondthis body
Poem 227 – Onion
Onion an onion from the gardenpushes purple into a sea of vibrant red tomatoes so ripe they’re splitting open the onion – looks like an onionsmells like an onionlayers like an onion but it is not fully grown beside the tomatoes an onion leans toward sunlight lashing outon the kitchen counter I am the onion leaning toward the light for… Continue reading Poem 227 – Onion
VANESSA SHIELDS 