Grotesque

Blade doesn't care that Skin is not Bone. Limerick meets
Men in Green with the same magnetic pull as Blade to
Marrow -- a love affair cut short; on again, off
again partners,
for [says the news] the ninth time this week.

Sliding between room service trays and cotton bedspreads,
tangling limp arms with shallow breaths, shining sweat -- shining Steel -- lover's quarrel?

Blade doesn't care that Muscle likes Fat -- doesn't acknowledge
the interconnected layering system of the human body. Sinew
and membrane cut the same
in every country -- as Blade nicks new slivers.

Blood swells to Blade, a different beauty every night --
a different hotel room, who needs protection when you have
cold steel? "Perfectly safe, mother. He's a

real gentleman."