SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING:

Persistence in Unreciprocated Affection Causes Stress, Heart Disease, Sleeplessness, Uneasiness and May Complicate General Existence.

I.
you are ugly like a scab;
I cannot keep away.

II.
inferno commotion
reverberates my fingerwalls
molecules tremble before
disaster agitating for f(l)ight

III.
the pain is unfortunately surmountable,
blood dots half-hearted tears.

IV.
two hands churning milk into frantic ;
four could have made some tranquil butter.

V.
still riddled with temptation,
but edges melt into flesh;
eager nails can find no ready opening.

VI.
conflicts of a contrary nature pitted against
an inert gas :
even sparks cannot ignite

VII.
I persist because
and succeed in tearing heal from roots
a small skinstrip;
an angry Roscharch test
I see the dry end on this napkin

VIII.
containment is the subtle shift
when outlines start to merge