SHUCK

Learn to pronounce

a thing you said

to drain the husk

remove from its membrane

a sliver

Leave it to dry

In case you forget

a signature there

a date

If I missed your touch

you would come again

Then I wouldn’t want it

SHUCK

The closing that keeps one awake

The plead I was mistaken

A good long soak we prune as theirs

Why is it that each session I pull myself in more

Remember this exercise

Remember the coverings around you and

You will feel _______

I felt expulsion no

It was a faucet that spilled or spit

Or was it the lock that made one better

I can’t wash myself

The burial takes place

Long ago I was sorry for it

Something to look at when the day is sunny

Aside from the act

How long it had taken me to come here