Inked In (Blood)

-

and now I am writing

can

you tell me

which

is sharper?

the blade

of a rusted knife

or the tip

of a sharpened pencil?

depends.

on?

how you use it.

put the pencil

in your eye

or a plugpoint.

carve letters

on stone

or your wrists.

shake the pen

and

blood

spurts out

onto the page

on which I write now.

blotches merge.

this ink

cannot

be washed away.

this ink

will

stay soaked in; pray

you

hope you

don't

forget

me

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