I -V

[penguin]

Hello Ruth. Is the title meant to be a kind of pun on Intravenous? I found some very eloquent, interesting sequences but in each section I thought the first half was better than the 2nd.This is what I thought was the essence, if it's any help.

there is someone
in here
dying
it's 3am, and I
need to hear
sunlight
you, hours wealthier,
step off into
your life


inside
I waited for rules
to change
-time is dripping somewhere in a cave-

a heart holds
enough blood to
flow
evenly across
a kitchen table
before turning
black

number one
embrace bleeding
learn to love
sticky sweetness
this is how snow
feels to a daffodil

metaphorically speaking
my murder will
be misunderstood