Eyes squint against the machine
gun moisture; tongue sweeps
lips dry and hair soaks
to add to spiralling streams
running tearlike around raw eyes;
Autumn brainfreeze strikes like
whiplash in back of head and
creeps vicelike around quivering
throat; a million pins into bare skin.
Face is upturned to the downpour.
Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013 at 12:06 PM UTC
Eyes squint against the machine
gun moisture; tongue sweeps
lips dry and hair soaks
to add to spiralling streams
running tearlike around raw eyes;
Autumn brainfreeze strikes like
whiplash in back of head and
creeps vicelike around quivering
throat; a million pins into bare skin.
Face is upturned to the downpour.
