• {a strip of metal
    between two nails}
    .
    Skin:
    thick
    thin
    many layers
    to protect the
    (red? blue? or something else all together?)
    Life that flows.

    --shaven flesh--
    perfect.
    .
    pressure

    ….(a breath)

    …....drag
    .
    and Skin
    (thick?
    thin.)
    splits

    walls part
    .
    nausea
    is first
    then comes

    (the rush)
    is wonderful.
    endorphins (adrenaline)

    vision tunnels
    brain stops
    breath unsteady rasps
    .
    Pain
    is dulled
    pushed aside.
    .
    eyes open
    (pupils?)
    to see the wound

    --so clean--

    (to be marred)
    By
    Red
    Beads
    .
    Life...
    .
    (later)

    Sting
    Ache
    Scab
    Scar.
    .
    .
    .
    Regret?