Dissected.
Dissectipede.
How many legs does a dissectipede have?
It’s creepy – dissection.
Unnatural in a way that
chainsaw accidents aren’t.
Too clinical. Too cold.
Too detached. Unlike
the immediacy of
unexpected trauma.
That is coming whether you
want it, or not,
oblivious, or not.
Dissection is not random.
If you are being dissected,
someone likely got up
at 4:30 AM,
showered,
then thought about dissecting you
over wheat toast and Maxwell House.
That’s someone’s job.
Dr. Dissectipede.
About the Creator
Randy Baker
Poet, author, essayist.
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