[The cut's not that big—It's]

The cut's not that big—It's
just bleeding. I don't think
I'll need any antibiotic oint-
ment, or anything.

Two Tools

(for Maxxie)

Tilt of drip pan
belies the under-
lying structure of it
—it supports—both hands.

Two tools, set up, one
taller.

Hair thats
blonde but isn't

white skin.

Early Aughts Excesses

Subtract the gilt derision
that exists as film—stretched thin.
and monitor the pooling
blood in back of head.

All of this frenetic movement
is adolescent flailing dread.
And recognize that though it's fast it's dead.