there is
hope

when a
broken heart
does not
pang
against
itself

each time
It is

remindedly

unwanted.

—

sometimes
still,

Jealous anxiety
strikes.

nerves
bungee-jump
their
endings,

grind
back-n-forth
against
barred walls

to leave
tissue
festering in
cortisol
corroded
fluid.

Each one
gasping out,

“we remember.”