Breath excreted
between yellow sour teeth
sudden and sharp
What does this mean,
sudden and sharp?
How can that be
that breath moving
between pursed lips
can be sharp?
Can we not be like a knife?
But, it is not like a knife
it has no sharpness
it cannot cut
it is only a rush
unbidden from
the racked body.
Breath excreted
between yellow and sour teeth
on the edge of words
but no longer meaning
the sounds do not mean
listen to me, listen
for the pain in the sound
the unbidden air
it's there.
But you cannot feel,
what is in the sound
me undiluted
me at the moment
that the shot shatters
and I am gone.
But you cannot feel,
what is in the sound,
me undiluted
me at the moment
that the knife slides home
and I am gone
Me undiluted,
me at the moment
when the fall ends
and I am gone
Me at the moment
when I tire
of sipping for air
me at that moment
and I am gone
Me at that moment
when an invisible world
has fallen and crushed my chest
me at that moment
and I'm gone
Me undiluted,
me at the moment
when all that is left
is burned bare
bone and sinew
me at that moment
and I'm gone
Me undiluted,
me at that moment
when the hot blackness
and burning fat
is all that is left
me at that moment
and I'm gone
This breath does not mean
listen to me, listen
for the pain in the sound
it's there.
It bites at me
the sound hurts
leaving lungs and bone and sinew
broken behind the pain
listen to the breath
the excreted sound
and learn.
it means.
