More Than Ashes
August 10, 2023
Hairline fractures shaped like asterisks and
Caveats in flash-vitrified brain
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it’s just
My nature rendered down to
Tallow for the pantry.
No hell hot enough.
(Even though it was all—
All technically above board.)
Fingerprints burned in neural paths
—It only makes sense in retrospect—
Someone tampered with the kiln where I was
Fired.