nickel 56

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before you know what's in the mist, engulfed
turned upside down inhaling sparkly sharkle flakes
warm collection in the lung
melting down the heart
swelling coursing thickening vein
mind begins to wander

deposit drop off silvery sediment
stop off weight
hung and cling to organs
pull down flesh tear pool down

left lone
abandoned bandaging
damage control

fallen and sprawled on the forest floor: too heavy for the world

woke up
hardly moved the arm
shards in folds
bear your witness
thumb the bloated innards
moan . starve . think
find a pick
carve and cut
mine it out
make a mound
quick ammends
scented blood it burns

now a block of nickel lies on the frozen ground
so dense . so shiny

don't you want to wrap it in rusty plastic and dump it in the ditch?
of course you do

instead you stare at it and find reflection
metal speech
it wants inside

softly blinking you lick at it slowly