Saturday, February 17, 2018

Pulse by Elissa Rosenthal

Pulse
By Elissa Rosenthal





Metal on concrete thoughts 
pulse under my skin,
keeping me from everywhere I need to go 
and I have been.
Scritch scratch 
and peel me thin 
till there is nothing left. 
Every day these systems 
keep me alive, but,
what have I kept?
Muted senses
muted defenses 
making it hard to speak. 
Put me on a wall 
like weaponry 
in your collection 
because I'm not me. 
Pulse, pulse, pulse, pulse,
pulse pull, pulse 
pulse, pulse, pulse, pulse,
pulse, pull, pulse.

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