i am a magnet

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.