Touch

by Lana Hechtman Ayers and Michael Dylan Welch

First published in Notes from the Gean #17, March 2013, page 6. Originally written in May of 2011 in Bellingham, Washington.

my fingers recall the wound Lana

the old Remington missing the letter X Michael

no way to write of you Lana

dialing dialing the crisis clinic Michael

I turn the knob slowly Lana

the wedding ring cut from my swollen finger Michael