armpit
raze a ligament of light
lives here, where
tendril meets torso —
a break in the shade
i've made to shield
us both from what
would impale us
if not for a simple
accident of posture.

the sun won't stab out
our eyes on my watch,
though no timepiece
has kissed this wrist
for as long as i've known
the acrid taste of grieving.
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
from