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 Weathered
Blood Burns Like H

Jim Coppoc

I hear you ask how much
of this blood
is yours

how much
mine

how much
stabbed and plunged
into your veins
like a man you can’t help
but part for

I watch you melt
fill strap pierce plunge
this metal into your body

blood in the syringe means
you’ve got a hit

hits are hard anymore
the veins shrink and roll
they are wary

I consider fucking you
but light a cigarette instead
tell you I only smoke
when I’m drinking you in

I tug at your tourniquet
satisfy myself with the snap
of its release

touch my lips to your ear
and whisper that you are beautiful

you are beautiful

I don’t ask what you are thinking
only hold my cigarette steady
and watch as the paper turns
to ash



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