erasing me and other poems
i pick up the eraser
and wipe out the arms
one by one
the legs
one after another
and then the body
until only the head is left floating in the air
as a thin circle
when it becomes too much
i flee
close the door
lock myself away
and if that is not enough
and the sounds creep in through the cracks
and the things crawl out and try and suffocate me
and the phone shakes and screams
i hurry further
into the cold landscape
leaving village after village
burning behind me
until everything is white or black
now no one can come in
now no one can come out
then i stop thinking
the brain turn as if off
but the heart beats heavily
and the breath goes breathless
the eyes are glass implants
the body is a mannequin
knock knock
no one home
i am so small
and am steadily getting smaller
i just shrink
wonder if i will stop shrinking
before i am gone
or if i am gone
before i stop shrinking
i crawl
further
into me
thread lightly
whisper
not to wake me