Scraps

afterwards we could speak in scraps
it would be simpler

we could speak in scraps
it would be easier

we could speak in scraps
cut out irregular
reshaped retinted
glued down stitched
layers undifferentiated
blurred and
lost in the breathing mosaic
when the air moves thick

afterwards we could feel the edges
gently with fingertips

we could feel the edges
gently with shoulder blades

we could feel the edges
the uneven and
the frayings and
the joining points
in the rolling skin movement
syncopated indentation bumps
where the sour paste smells
hold as fog
and the thin lines
where the gaps with time
will come
can be seen

afterwards we could take these scissor blades
and make them useful
and make them small

we could take these scissor blades
and make them a tool of remembering
together piece by piece

we could take these scissor blades
and make sufficient fire
to draw them molten piece by piece
to needles and to metallic thread
together to sew

afterwards we could speak in scraps
first we should cut apart

we could speak in scraps
first we should rip
we should tear
we should chew with
the back teeth grinding

we could speak in scraps
but first we will need
the scissor blades
or the shoulder blades
each one would do

afterwards we could speak in scraps
but first together
we should pull away