Sunday, April 10, 2022

war wounds

i didn't want to see his scar,
but he insisted.
drink taking hold
of his senses,
telling me in graphic
detail
how his ex-wife
took the knife
and cut him.
he pulled up
his shirt
lowered his pants
below the belt
and said, look at this,
my scar,
thirty-seven stitches,
and all of this was while
we were standing
at the bar.

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