my soft anterior bearskin
you fitted ribbon
crying over a solidified finger
in your dress prison
a ten-year-old trap hand
murmured velvet conflict
common motion
more motion
the have angle you didn’t have
abduction finger, first and wrist
the seen and the vanished
palm room, confusion
other options require fingers
i won’t cease-fire her neck
but will can that stranger
drive home
limb and child
thinking of lose moves again
Kieca Mahoney is a person who sometimes does things in and around Washington DC.