there was discomfort abuse
in the
photograph he found cast off lying on the unkept street
its skin raised
but
not perforated by the asphalt or scattered pebbles between it and the tires
that ran over it
someone mutilated it
cutout
its subject
the
persona who was the premise of the picture
reduced to a silhouette
perhaps the scissor-wielder
thought he or she could debase her
but her visceral absence became
her presence
making her more real than
if her image remained
making her mystery more terrible tangible
delectable
her Unknownness
a Maddening mary
1440, Thursday,
4 2. 16
