between
night-terrors
I sicken
eyes blacken
lead anvil assurance
my arms must dislocate in order to
bring it up and over
the tapping and the creeping
insects amass
surrounding walls
the room as judge and jury
my instinct is to climb
hands and feet so small
so painfully they morph
see now my adhesive pads
my designated placement
my predicament
exclusive screening
to be viewed
from obtuse angle only
momentary enlightenment
the mugging of incarceration
feverish writhing
gripping damp cotton
I am bound
I am twisted with
tangled truths
a burning spiral
a rope-marked wrist.
