REGENERATION by Brenda Taulbee
Brenda TaulbeeREGENERATION I want to put my head down …………………….and sleep like I used to know …………………….………..how to sleep. …………………….I want my brain to be less like a rained out game …………………….of hopscotch, the lines all running. I never want to forget how the axolotl grows back its limbs. …………………….…………………….…………………….And the starfish. And the lizard. …………………….…………………….…………………….Snakes and their skin. …………………….………..I want to write a poem about …………………….a time I was brave and have you believe me. I want my mother to call me without my mother knowing …………………….…………………….…………..I want …………………….…………………….…………..her to call me. …………………….……………………I want to say I’m sorry and not sound condescending. …………………….…………………….…………..Same for I love you. …………………….…………………….……………………………………….Same for please stay. I never want to do what the pot does ……..……..……..to the lobster. The scream ……..……..……..……..……..……..…….. ……..……..of all that red. …………………….……………………I want you to read me without spoiling the ending. …………………….……………………………………..……..I want an ending. One … chop! chop! read more!