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The Winding

by Rachelle Howe


winding roads,
they twist and i've been
twisted into knots in your
stomach and
you've leapt into my eyelids,
festering like boils beneath my skin.

i carved you out, once,
twice, with a razorblade
and a paper towel.

i took a hit,
inhaled your memory
into lungs that have crystallized.

(but when i exhaled
the world was blue and
you were there
green eyed
and envious.)

08/10/2002

Author's Note: this is another old one i found loitering in my mail waiting to be sent box. i don't rightly remember who i wrote it about.

Posted on 11/30/2004
Copyright © 2024 Rachelle Howe

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Kristine Briese on 11/30/04 at 08:35 PM

This has some of your best imagery, I think, which is really saying something. Julie's right, you've got it mastered.

Posted by Tom Goss on 12/02/04 at 04:50 PM

An evocative, commanding description of hot-blooded body memories.

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