Eyephobia 2

[whyelliswhy]

House is a trigger for kitchen 
is a trigger for drawer 
is a trigger for a knife I keep
in the back--
comfortably tucked under some 
old take-out napkins. 

Once I see it, the thought comes. 
Once the thought comes, 
the thought will come again. 
I’ve thought of it so it will come again. 
It itches. 

I look to needles; I want to feel a prick 
at the center of my eye. 

It itches, and sandpaper helps--
but the grits are small enough to
sprinkle surprise. 

I see it in my head, 
like a secret cinema showing.
$7.25 matinee. 
I’ve seen this movie before. 

I want to play stabby. 

The blade cringes 
as it imagines 
sliding down as a wedge 
between an eye and a socket. 

I bleed and bleed
but the audience weeps for me.

[Erthona]

"The blade" perhaps? No period after "showing".

"Sliding down, a wedge between an eye and a socket."

I'm not sure what the intent is, but I am sure it doesn't pull it off.

best,

dale

[whyelliswhy]

Noted. What do you think the intent is?

[Mark A Becker]

House is a trigger for
kitchen a trigger for
drawer a trigger for
a knife I keep
under old napkins...

Once the thought comes,
it itches,
and I want to play. 

Hi why- just pointing out the words that stabbed me deepest in the socket.
Mark