the skin peels off my face
……………..Cheap tears of bone
organs collapsing, unlace
then stitch ligaments.
moving spinal columns
……………..I watch my body
remove my inner symptoms
then cover up
pushing against stretched leather
……………..Cut me up for fun
in amongst the forest heather
displace the poison
red staining pale white
……………..Teeth elongating
reaching to take a bite
of something
fragmented movements jar
……………..The forest’s quiet
a howl can scar
the hollow space
Part of The Learned Pig’s Wolf Crossing editorial season, spring/summer 2017.
Image credit: Tom Jeffreys, Espoon Keskus, Finland, 2014
