# wrist

i clocked the watch once  
and wished its red hand  
swept across your face  
i knew i’d want the date

i saw the toy’s hallmark  
that predates its maker  
cupid’s bow pointillism  
it looked best in color

i slipped on a staircase  
tripped on slippery oak  
fell into a concrete pool  
cut and bruised joints

you caught me there  
held me — rubbed salt  
into my fresh wounds  
to heal and to hurt me

a thin black strap is all  
that holds back the sun  
when this camera falls  
it’ll leak light forever

three solid bands form  
an unbroken bracelet  
brass never gleamed  
until becoming a label

holding mine down  
against white silk,  
gray wool, graffiti  
it’s easy to go deep

## poem details

- [color](https://chromato.graphics/colors): [Endangered](https://www.pantone.com/connect/18-1650-TSX)
- sampled: Mondaine EVO 2
- felt: 2025-08-29
- felt: 2025-09-02
- felt: 2025-10-23
- felt: 2025-10-24
- felt: 2025-10-25
- felt: 2025-10-27
- wrote: 2025-10-28
- posted: 2025-10-28
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