Chronically dry hands

By Alex Gryciuk

Glimpse, 

at a record of all embraced.

every surface, 

hand, 

object, 

door handle…

View, 

a personal map of each crease and vein.

contoured, 

by the invisible, 

the strong, 

the scary. 

Inspect, 

the source of, coughs, upset stomachs, 

missed out opportunities.

the output of,

wiped noses, 

sticky things, 

sneezes.

Obsess, 

over a never clean slate. 

decontaminated, 

only with 

purell, 

dove,

clorox.

Study,

a mind. 

soothed,

only by the destruction,

of controlables.

You don’t see it?

i certainly do.

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