They open up my belly Take out a fist of pain Scrape me out and staple me Back together again

Scan me for impurities Attach me to a plastic drip Infusing all my innards I’m floating like a ship

On a medicated ocean In a drug-induced tempest To the island of my body Where I writhe and rest

See no means to climb Or claim this monolith of flesh Everything is out of reach This tiny room this slightest breath….

In the endurances The hope of clearances The love of families The wondering when the ending is The tapping on the body bits The singing through closed lips

Humdrumming

I’ve got fizzy fingers I’ve got champagne toes Metallic mouth Stinging nose

Poison ink Flushed through my veins Just might make me Well again

Out of the Repair Shop With a bag I have to place Around the stoma like a berry Sticking out above my waist

I’m soft and dry orgasmic With my insides moved outside And I wonder where my essence now resides

In the endurances The hope of clearances The love of families The wondering when the ending is The tapping on the body bits The singing through closed lips

Humdrumming