23 May 2011

the cut



     eyes were on the cut   just above the knee  it ran deep  i still see it when i sleep  blood  red  meat    muscle torn  neat     oblivious to those who stopped to stare   who called   who cared   who made the noise that filled the air   with screams cries  and jiggling insides  was how he didn't know what to do    or who did what to whom   which part of it was proof and   what was merely half-true  the cut didn’t care about us  it simply bled the blood that used to be   on the closed circuit see   now it’s  public domain  and ain’t it a goddamned shame   because he could run man he could do things you wouldn’t  think anyone can   never dream of it  even at night    like   a high jump or   quick lunge   in two steps  he could cheat death   but i think that’s all done  look at him now    and think hard how   it’ll go   if the medics don't show   if the blood doesn't clot and  the screams don't stop   until the  air feels quiet   and the echo life-science   of young and of yet   all the things that you will forget   like when to push back and say 'all set'   when to count the money from the alabama bets    when you’re building something   when you’re sparing necks



but then my shoulders get cold around three thirty and i start to feel dirty                 
                                                                      from   the  wasted time   
   


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