tummy aches
cold shoulders
list after list
of an
inventory
i forgot to
care about
blistered toes
three cold sores
this is how
you start to
feel again

they'll watch you
and scoff
all day at you
they don't
know what it's like
to cling to
themselves

burnt noses
hairy knuckles
crooked ******* mouth
this is the body
i've missed