Cocklebur

Remember that August, your emergencies? Her tooth pierced your cheek in the pool. A lacrosse stick slit your eyebrow at camp. Your head slammed the ground, the swing’s limb broke, you were pumping so strong. ER, three days in a row. Birdlike, I hovered. Stitches to mend your cheek-hole, stitches to knit your brow. Doctor […]