a perfect stencil
drawn by hand
scrawled onto the
blank canvas of my back
the hum of the gun
needle drenched in
a deep sky blue
anxiety flows
until it touches
my skin
a cat scratch
a bad scrape
the pain is nothing
and everything
solidifying the
connection
between me
and my conviction
Originally published in the Fall 2009 issue of genesis – The Art and Literary Magazine of IUPUI