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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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from