| Guide
for the Well-Worn Brassard
To
undo a thing. To leave the door open.
To remove each leaf from its stalk.
To leave a nasty little mark, stripped of its sterling;
a thought undressed--robbed; at once, unmanned.
To tighten so as to question your own life's worth
(without courage, I do my part as the unmaker,
plodding on as my own harlot,
used up).
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To
tie and untie a thing. To undo |
with no stomach to undo it (filthy little chore).
To scuff elbows. To shove on. To be wet;
unchanged. To be the last to know, without use,
slapdash and sunken and marked in one breath.
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