iodine

the timing is wrong

            this desire and fascination

            driven by an unknown force

a perfect drug

a mixture created in a bathroom sink

                        collected in an iodine dropper

muscles clench

            stomach rejects

let it out

            get it out

falling to the floor

            hands and knees meet broken glass

            absorbs it into them

the body

            keeps sucking it up

            sucking it in

devouring this poison

            loves it

            licks it

can’t kick this

can’t pull out now

to late to go back

            just give in

body to floor

            broken bottles feel stomach

                                                breast

                                                            thighs

creeping over and crawling in

            a million pests burrowing

don’t fight it

            lay still

            and just absorb

K.