syzygy

nasal one we reconstruct our skeletons from what's left in our graves. you dig out my nasal bone from the dirt, brushing debris off and slotting it into my face. ...

mandible modern day stonewall, deny me my rights as a human and i shall retaliate with all the ferocity of the monster you paint me to be. shades of blood ...

zygomatic two is God in the room with us? maybe He's buried in the corner, adorned with cobweb drapes and wearing a crown of dead weeds i used to collect ...

zygomatic one you swipe shimmery paint across my zygomatics, layering it heavily with my blood all along my cheeks. taking your thumb, you smear it until it's unrecognizable as the ...

maxilla two they brush the back of their hand against my cheek, soft and tender, like they care. they take my two maxilla and form them in the shape of ...

maxilla one i like the way you lie, artificial honey poison on my tongue crunchy sugar coating my teeth with its confectionery sweetness. words rot in the back of my ...

sphenoid i shrivel under your piercing light, head throbbing, blood dripping down my nose. you dance fingers on my skull and i feel nothing anymore. just numbness. you spread your ...

ethmoid your color-stained hands declare you as an artist, but your sorrowful eyes say you have a soul like mine which is too clumsy to create, and only knows how ...

occipital sweet syrupy maraschino cherries dripping down my face, curling in the curves of my lips and congealing in the hollows of my collarbone. my occipital bone is stained red ...

frontal touch the temple of my left side brain, skipping rocks across my frontal, skimming fingers up and down my soul as if it will make it all better. maybe ...

temporal two hiding in bones to disguise my monstrosity how do you love me, why do you love me when my fingers curl in claws and my voice turns hoarse. ...

temporal one i bleed from my ears, ignoring the heavy bruises behind them. my face refuses to move, gaze locked on you, jaw tied down with duck tape to keep ...

parietal two stroke a finger down my skull, never wavering in its path. part strands of dusty brown hair, caress the bone underneath as if you cared. name every dent, ...

parietal one you curl hands on my head, barring my thoughts from escaping. you cup my brain in cold shaky fingers digging nails into the squish. you put my skull ...

i found sanctuary in your hollowed bones you found a home in mine. A collection of 206 poems, one for every bone in the body. If anyone ever finds this, ...