is it you – too?
the scratch of skin
blood under nails,
fighting the phantoms
and scratched back in couplets
through flesh onto bone
words inside, words out
is it you, love?
who has me choking on verse
spat with toothpaste and blood
tucked into an unwatched glass
and drunk
until birdsong flows
Oct 9, 2015
Oct 9, 2015 at 7:50 PM UTC
is it you – too?
the scratch of skin
blood under nails,
fighting the phantoms
and scratched back in couplets
through flesh onto bone
words inside, words out
is it you, love?
who has me choking on verse
spat with toothpaste and blood
tucked into an unwatched glass
and drunk
until birdsong flows
