skin
skin
frogbelly white spotted mottled wrinkled and scarred
my skin burns in the sunlight and goosebumps in cold
bruised purple blood throttled calcified or grown hard
smashed in after a gun fight coated in lichen and mold
what lies beneath is decay settling slowly down in age
ignored lost used and abused given only afterthoughts
a toxic tale on full display amounts listed on the page
as accuser and the accused refuse to connect the dots
what was once soft and smooth turned coarsely rough
yet the callouses worn down with only a hint of labor
hands that once fit the groove now hang low enough
the lips that wrinkle and frown unaware of any flavor
stretched tight about eyes crumpled around the groin
the old skin can tell no lies nor can it ever again enjoin