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Nervous System

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January 13, 2016
Nervous System by akrasiel uses gorgeous wordplay to examine the vulnerability our best defense still displays. Be sure to read through the rest of this awesome poet's gallery. 
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magnetism - forehead to knees
halfway between fetal and natal is the fatal position

my back curves in inverse fibonacci spirals
crack opens each vertebrae
tears my spinal cord, bares my neuroses

read the insinuation in the sinuation of my bones

I am no armadillo
my arms neither armour nor armament
only poles for whiteflag semaphor

I turn my back to you not in rejection but in hope
you will shield my weakest front.
It's weird that curling into a ball leaves one of the most important parts of the body vulnerable.

I'm not sure if this is a love letter or a mayday signal.
© 2015 - 2024 akrasiel
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ilyilaice's avatar
The wordplay here just bowls me over. Whoa.