When Something Matters

It manifests as blush –

whatever matters happens
as an upward thrust: 
a rush of blood to flush the skin –

to hush, re-size the mind –
to brush against its blindness:
unsentimental kindness
far beyond the merely wise:

like an orgasm’s epiphany: 
breath gasped, death grasped –
scurrying from head to heart

to crotch. Worrying to watch.

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