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poetry by j matthew waters

paper cut

shredded paper on the countertop
serrated knife inside the kitchen sink

whose blood is that she asks
pointing to the countertop
and I respond innocently saying what blood

those droplets of blood making a trail
from this shredded paper on the counter
all the way to the kitchen sink

oh that blood I say
and she reiterates yes that blood

I wouldn’t know I say
I just got here
my eyes looking away as my feet
rock from heel to toe
sleeveless arms wrapped behind my back

april two thousand twenty
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Posted in Poetry and tagged paper cut, poem, Poetry

12 thoughts on “paper cut”

wandasanderspoems on April 9, 2020 at 2:57 am said:

Excellent

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- j matthew waters on April 9, 2020 at 6:41 am said:
  
  Thank you, Wanda.
  
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  - wandasanderspoems on April 9, 2020 at 3:11 pm said:
    
    You’re welcome
beth on April 9, 2020 at 7:10 am said:

love this one! such powerful imagery

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- j matthew waters on April 9, 2020 at 8:50 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, Beth!
  
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Lara/Trace on April 9, 2020 at 7:17 pm said:

Ouch and great at the same time.

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- j matthew waters on April 9, 2020 at 8:46 pm said:
  
  🙂
  
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tara caribou on April 12, 2020 at 2:03 am said:

Well that was interesting

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- j matthew waters on April 12, 2020 at 8:39 am said:
  
  something a little different to say the least ~ thanks for visiting tara!
  
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  - tara caribou on April 12, 2020 at 1:54 pm said:
    
    Yes! I do so enjoy your poetry
Wordifull Melanie on April 14, 2020 at 11:09 pm said:

I so like this one. Paper cuts can have different meaning for us writers…bleeders of words.

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- j matthew waters on April 15, 2020 at 6:41 am said:
  
  Yes, indeed!
  
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