stick hand
pretend you’re a stick figure
wearing a beret
and twirling a baton
out of nowhere a number two
pencil eraser rubs
against your thigh
you resist with all your might
pushing back
and kicking back
eventually you become stuck
like in quick sand
your mouth wide open
absorbing into another medium
you reach out
one last time
to be saved
march two thousand thirteen
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