You said, unreasonably
cruel, "I never loved you"...
the bullet came from
the barrel of the same gun
blood was shed
before the body fell
I remember, suddenly,
how difficult it is
to re-attach a severed
nerve; each jagged cell
develops a different
map of fibrous endings
or lizards when they lose
their tails, grow fresh ones
stronger, shinier, resilient.
And the shame my memory
bears does not belong
to me but you because
you are the one who
fastened it there.
