with enough practice
he said
not exactly smiling
but not exactly frowning either
with enough practice
you can plant knives
directly in the marrow
of the bones
they’re seeds at first
like most things
tiny and silent but
hungry and determined
their roots crack the bones
they have been planted in
radius, ulna, humerus, tibia,
and especially the femur
and the blades,
the blossoms you see, all grow up
seeking the heart
as if they possess a secret knowledge
all things that
grow from seeds know
where the sun is
Words and Feathers 