gentle
my face in both hands tearbrushing with her thumbs. “close your eyes”
soft breath disappears the rest (for now). doubled over all hours, infla-
med and bleeding. quiet knock “do you need me? i’ll pick the lock if
you can’t get up”.
moving her stiff-forever arm with my stiff-for now one, carefully steering
her last coat of nail polish through a sleeve of pale yellow silk.
new scabs ripped, lips illicit on his throat, muscles melted then igniting.
grasping, cramping, regressing, repenting, reliving, resenting, silent.
spent.
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