a friendly reminder

I called her on the phone

and she

touched herself

she touched herself

I called her on the phone

and she laughed from surprise

in those skin-piercing

eyes

she colored hazel today

I called her on the phone

and she asked me questions

that didn’t matter,

told me stories I didn’t care about

or even want to hear

I called her on the phone

and she realized she was

broken,

had been for four months

and exactly eleven days

I called her on the phone

and she

touched herself

she touched herself

to feel her veins                                                                                    printable