Jawbone, Ribcage by Emily Holman

One Poem Only · Jul 21, 2025 · 2m

Jawbone, Ribcage

Emily Holman

I

Split

[The chord of my brain as it connects to] [] [my spine snaps; thoughts gone, gone] Myself

Apart,

[My spine snaps, a snare trap of my own] [] [melancholy design, hospitalized within] From

Underneath

[Profound enchantments, spellike words,] [] [if I even am who I say I am; beginnings] My

Jaw,

[Entrails, tingling numbness, bleeding] [] [hearts, beating to an eerie chanting] Tearing

My

[I shake a bony hand; where is your skin?] [] [disintegration, if I fall apart entirely] Tongue

In

[A heavenly blue pours out of me, exhaust] [] [by formalities, by ritualistic…