Show me a worse pain
Not a distant one
Show me a hurt
Staring back at me
Hovering reflection in pavement
Racing ahead
Looking over its shoulder
Seeing I follow
Show me a wound resting
At the edges of imagination
Show me attainable injuries
So I may ward off worse
Take shape in my mind
Proximal sufferings
Live there not in my skin
Show me her distress
One I cannot carry
Show me a torment not my own
I may steel myself against it
Or invite her in
An old friend
You’ve both changed
Talk about work and the weather and loss
Dinner table conversation
Show me damage and woe
I want to understand
Show me another’s aches
Ease my own
Taylor Palmer is a writer and performer based in Vancouver, Canada, on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Watuth nations. Their work explores topics including decay, sexuality, and agency. They are the author of the forthcoming chapbook, "Pieces of Night."
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