Toni La Ree Bennett
SIX STAB WOUNDS
Your smooth torso is punctuated
by six stab wounds and a vertical
scar from a surgical incision,
running from sternum to navel.
I poke my fingers methodically in your
six indentations, wishing I could display
my scars on the outside of my surviving
skin. How does it feel to be entered, I ask?
You are the first man I have met
who can answer that question.
Are you afraid in the park after
dark? You can tell me.
How does it feel to be
a victim? You know.
Your six points of open yearning
are covered by unyielding scar tissue
and your body, mutilated, shines
defiantly like a battered suit of armor.
We have so much in common, you and I,
but we stop short of entering each other
too deeply, afraid of violating
already ravaged territory.
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Location:
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Seattle, Washington
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Email:
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tonipoet@uccellipress.com
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Website:
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http://www.tonilareebennett.net
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Publications:
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Fox Cry Review, Bogg, The Muse Strikes Back, Hawaii Pacific Review, Puerto del Sol, etc.
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Other:
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She is publisher of Uccelli Press and editor of the new online quarterly, Branches.
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