picking a scab

pick pick
scratch scratch
one little bit
surrenders to the attack

chips off
falls to the way
side
chip chip
pick pick

another piece deeper held
flakes off
regretfully,
painfully

blood bubbles to the surface
cooling
immediately.

forgetting why but
bleeding
out.

Published by presssendpoetry

Author and editor for Press Send Poetry. Marketing for Barcoding, Inc. #Baltimore #Poet

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