picture of David doing physical therapy #1

let the stem of your neck // forget flowers

self-portrait, bad_french

picture of David doing physical therapy #1

pile palms on a table
let the bird of them rise

wings cupped to gather 
like tongues of expectation

carry soft-petaled birds 
to the bone of your breast

let the stem of your neck 
forget flowers

be small 
and gaze up at your mother

feel the lift of your chin
as shut eyes wash calm

over the tortured bell 
of your body

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I’m doing a good job. You’re doing a good job.

-bad_french