Handcraft

Aqueous vortex-

Spiraled flesh winds around decaying calcium.

Afferent pathways to my epicenter.

Half-life,

Isolated-

Isotopic wake.

Indigo powder poured into a well,

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Of ink-

Spilling into your nailbeds.

A syringe of parasites, then-

Umbrella humoral immunity.

How could I have known?

Gnarled fingers and branches, too, create.

Indigo blended to ink-

Consumed by the well in my throat.