You wanted my amygdala and hippocampusstuffed with notes, rough draft nervous systemscrawled with indecipherable marginalia,three a.m. dream peristalsis pushinga visceral alarm snooze; hiddenhomunculus; sinew and gristlewords, not even the bonesthemselves, but marrowof my thoughts.I served youtwice-baked stanzasrevised and retyped, formattingperfected, font selected for freshness;a thick cut of prose precisely medium rare;crisp side of essay meticulously arranged toappear tossed; a pricey bottle of memoir noir allegedto have tenure and frequent publication. I might havenoticed how you skirted the greenery,zeroed in on the scent of blood.
You wanted my amygdala and hippocampusstuffed with notes, rough draft nervous systemscrawled with indecipherable marginalia,three a.m. dream peristalsis pushinga visceral alarm snooze; hiddenhomunculus; sinew and gristlewords, not even the bonesthemselves, but marrowof my thoughts.I served youtwice-baked stanzasrevised and retyped, formattingperfected, font selected for freshness;a thick cut of prose precisely medium rare;crisp side of essay meticulously arranged toappear tossed; a pricey bottle of memoir noir allegedto have tenure and frequent publication. I might havenoticed how you skirted the greenery,zeroed in on the scent of blood.