It was self inflicted
or brought on by natural
circumstances or perhaps
a malicious incident
She wore the raised oval
on her wrist as a way
to enter into an intimacy
without risk, a conversation
gambit, an indulgent ploy
that let her enter another life
She spun stories
of how the oval appeared—
a marvel, something woven
out of the thread of myths
This was not an injury
without a backdrop.
