i am a magnet.
an electric current
surging over my skin.
pulling every metal my direction.
every lead leading me toward destruction.
all the mercury fucking up my retrograde.
symptoms of ingesting radioactive metals include:
nausea.
pain.
cardiomyopathy.
cardiomyopathy.
a chronic disease of the heart muscle.
chronic.
in medicine:
lasting a long time.
a long
time.
i am a magnet.
attracting your shiny
malleable
fusible form into mine.
knowing i could never polish out the scratches on your heart of gold.
no amount of white vinegar
could rub away the rust
from the years of being unprotected.
exposed.
weakening the bonds of your mortality.
i wish
i could polish you
till you sparkle and shine.
like the look in your eye
when you spun me on the dance floor the night we met.
but i am just a magnet.
wanting to align
you with me.
wanting to pull you into my force field
a connection so strong
no amount of heat or hammering
could part us.
but i am just a magnet.