lessons_from_hyponichium
tender_square it’s not that i trimmed my middle-finger
nail too short; the tip bumped against the sofa
and yielded, a torn slip of crescent moon.
i chewed the corner with jagged teeth,
filed down the serration. too late to
stop my gibbous phase of inattention:
the stiff keratin bifurcated from
a layer of sensitive cuticle.
now, i am a live and vulnerable cell
exposed to air and the pressures of touch.
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