to saint bartholomew’s wife
to saint bartholomew’s wife
what the skin holds in– 1
red ocean, 2
the fat and the thin, 3
the brass and the tin. 4
when we’re skinned 5
in all our starkness: 6
our teevees, our veedees, 7
aspen leaves and pumpkin trees, 8
our skeevy infidelities; 9
our semisweet semidarkness… 10
i’ll check your box 11
rife with tartness. 12
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