TerriLight

Behind closed-doors of bedrooms,
we practiced our magic --
sewing our fingers together with
bright needle and thread --
piñata pink, purple, blue, yellow, red.
The trick was not to go
too deep
to nip the top layers of skin
and pull the single strand slow,
slow like a tickle,
slow like a moth's legs
under your skin.
And when we were done,
our hands were nests,
vessels of tingling heat
until we tore at the thread
with a vengeance
and reveled in our
temporary scars.

Bio:

Terri Light is a graphic designer amid the glorious ruins of Detroit. Transplanted to the frontier of the new urban greenbelt from Virginia, she works and teaches at the private school portrayed in The Virgin Suicides and spends time encouraging native plants to prosper in abandoned lots. Her poetry appears in current or forthcoming editions of Ducts.org, ececlecta.org, Horseless Review, Hiss Quarterly, and nth position.

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