i saw the scar across the realtor’s wrist
Zoe Canner
i saw the long
recent scar
across the
realtor’s wrist
and i wanted
to kiss it
but didn’t
my instincts are
calamitous &i
frequently
overstep
the boundaries
of strangers
i saw her sweet
eye contact &i
ran my fingers
over the new
pearl-shaped
bump on the
landscape
of my own
unending
forehead
instead
Zoe Canner's writing has appeared in The Laurel Review, Arcturus of the Chicago Review of Books, Naugatuck River Review, SUSAN / The Journal, Maudlin House, Occulum, Pouch, Matter, Chaleur Magazine, Nailed Magazine, Indolent Books' What Rough Beast, and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles where she indulges in hilly walks at dusk when the night-blooming jasmine is at its peak fragrance. www.zoecanner.com