Where It Hurts
Sometimes you press a finger to it, or it reaches
you in the velvety things that shouldn’t like fresh
blackberries warmed by the sun. And you don’t
know why a juice stain on a worn shirt takes so
long to peel your tired sights away from.
Sometimes it’s a back straightened and eyes wide
and other times it’s a bathtub …
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