verbal weaponry
smooth edges
gleam against
shine of his teeth
bared as
each letter
of
each word
of
each sentence
of
his speech
cuts through
with surgical precision
splitting
membrane from bone
while pain splatters and stains
in toxic tides as
each atom
of
each cell
of
my being
curls fetal
from fatal division
gleam against
shine of his teeth
bared as
each letter
of
each word
of
each sentence
of
his speech
cuts through
with surgical precision
splitting
membrane from bone
while pain splatters and stains
in toxic tides as
each atom
of
each cell
of
my being
curls fetal
from fatal division