Hannah Blaser Gott | Radial-capatellar joint fracture

Radial-capatellar joint fracture

Hannah Blaser Gott

To break an elbow is no serious thing: a crack through the bone like a split in the ice. February falls on my shoulders, and I bear the burden of blood heavier than before. If I was born into sin, the snow only buries me deeper in darkness.

To heal a broken elbow requires a simple regimen of wrist movements. Among the turns and bends and winces of pain, I am assured of a full healing, but to heal is a soundness too self-assured to comprehend.

I am anxious even in my dreams. You sit across from me, silent in your knowledge of what comes after-life. I think of wooden body-homes buried underground and I cry.