cicatrix

cicatrix \ SIK-uh-triks \, noun;
1. New tissue that forms over a wound.
2. Botany. A scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.

Oh that a fallen leaf could cause a scar
such as this one, or a dent the size
of a seed. What have you planted here?

The music tries to rub my leg with its tail
but I'm not feeling anything today, although
for the first time, I hear the small watch ticking.

When you hit the crystal face, there is
such delicate clicking.

class assignment #4

"We'll even make poetry from those things most scorned by the arbiters of good taste." ~ P. Neruda

Sitting at my desk again is the monitor

the tape, the stapler, ah, the paperclips

inside the stout glass bowl, its lid tipped

like a hat, the handle an inverted core.

The chair's sad job is to hold my butt up.

It doesn't like it, you see, it squeaks meanly.

Just look at you, you dumb coffee cup,

your eggplant ceramic skin gleams,

subtly excited for my touch. But the mason jar

has emptied its soul to the dropped ceiling,

or was it before I took you home from the bar?

Your mouth filled to the brim with feeling.

While the margarita likes a salty laugh,

All the coffee wants is a little half and half.