Hand Lines

Bones in my wrist broken like little gears metal on metal,
calcified

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An incubated frail limb nursery

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Grainy scratches of flesh under a fingernail--
articulated manifestations of desire

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Lines of skin road mapped on my palm

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Palmtop hairs standing on end, electrified,
tremors / trembling

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Swollen lips pinked at the touch of feather tip fingers


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Underground blood vessels pulsed with fingered precision,
over in a heart beat