Trace the seams of your body for loose strings.
Pay attention to the places the unraveling has started
Again, to the places where you’re making the same mistakes.
When you’re alone, smoke endlessly into the night
And reset the topography of your heart
With mortar shells and ******.
Repeat this process as needed.
(You’re going to need it.)

There is an immutable emotion that all of the
Displaced strata and debris only serves to cover.
In the past year, you have found yourself
A lot dirtier. Yet you don’t bother to excavate,
Expecting to still recognize that glow
When it comes bursting back through the earth.