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Monday, April 09, 2007

stigmata

my stigmata are healing,
the tail of a year bound
in gauze and hobbling around
waiting for the true ending.

It is good to move again,
good to flex muscles held tight for my own good,
good to twist and bend,
to find where the stretch is.

A lift a tug a pull
and are these feathers?
Ripped from my back are wings
and new scars.