(agenda mumbles)

These are not my fingernails.

they are too large, too round
mine were never this coarse
my hand is not this foreign

this is not my hand.

my fingers are not twigs
not this short
my hand is too sallow
my arm is too thin

this is not my arm.

the spots are too pale
too spattered and prickled
the lines are too dark

these are not my veins.

the blood is not pumping
my heart is too weak

this is not my heart.

the lines are too dark
the grey is too deep
the distance too far
between beats