Thursday, June 14, 2012

in black and white [hari alluri]




sinew might resemble bark might resemble
knotted thread, all windswept and lit
by mist

           you can know a grab's intent 
by the taut of it's forearm: 
smile or grimace

                          a jackal does not
reveal these things. it's the tone of flesh 
clinging to bone, the way it hurts in my teeth

the unstitching of a leather bracelet
the braiding of our hair

a moth's wings against my gristle cheek

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