28 August 2012

Chris’s Villanelle


That’s because it’s a burn from 
the cheap polyester socks that rub against skin.   
Every time I slide I get some

new scrape on top of the old one.
The healing process can’t begin.    
That’s because it’s a burn from     

being fast enough, or dumb           
enough to make the slide, again
to second. Every time I slide I get some

rush of feeling I didn’t have before.
I just quit smoking
because it’s like burning from

the inside out. I must have smoked a ton
and I never really let anyone in.
Sometimes I slide and I get some

cigarettes, just to have some
security, just in case I need a clip
to keep me from the burn, from
feeling every time I slide.

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