A gate swings shut too suddenly. A window's upper and lower sashes cinch close. A stippled blue shadow detaches from the ceiling the way a leaf falls. What is that twitch like a whip or an eyelash caught in a doorway? Finger- glove of skin or colorless sheath: up close, it pulses still with the life that picked itself up and bolted from the incident of its near extinguishing.
One Reply to “Autotomy”
Comments are closed.
This Article was mentioned on vianegativa.us