Tuesday, February 8, 2011

The epidermal layers

It is a cliche.

That piercing feeling below layers of dermis.

You have been shot.

No one wants to believe it.
A winged baby in diapers hitting you with an arrow.
The image taunts on red and pink cards
and in windows.

But one day you are somewhere
and you feel a piercing
in the middle of your chest.

You hope it is an anxiety attack
a heart palpitation.

Sadly it is something unexpected.

That L-thing
as the arrow pierces
1, 2, 3 layers
into rib cages
and hits the heart.

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