Inelegant metaphors
strained at the bit
From inside
an insect gnawing
exulted
when the mandibles broke the skin
Excavated
that disgruntled earth
a machine that
mouthfuls spat
Curled to a walnut shape
heat escapes
through scalp and anus
as if we were
some alien
and
obtuse kind of planet
The sites
of old injuries buckle first
bicycle crash, careless menagerie
a slight body weight
elastic in collision
where once you flew
cleats and laurels
over the minotaur
a monster gnawing
at your thumb and wrist
the crabbing slew
gravity’s sidelong spill
an arced trajectory
the stoic, downturned face
a theatre of cheap betrayals
enmeshed, the jackboot heart
where the andiron slipped
an upstart fire lick
the doorway guillotining
in the inadvertent pneumatic hiss
dull magnetic eye
through the safety glass
as if the web and constellation
of all things, in the enfilade of your dismay
so easily fell apart
Pulled at the thread
A red crochet like love around your wrists
