fingertips have memories
by cor

mother once said
dont make that face too long
or itll stay like that

by the same rote reasoning
if you hold something long enough
your body gets stuck in that
puzzle piece kind of way
where it only fits with the piece it was
aligned to by the jigsaw
and for months afterward
no body feels quite the same
as the one that once wiggled
vigorously in your arms
as it slept and shook
and made love

and like an experienced musician
your hands always knew where to go
to get to the right notes

and you always knew who you can call
at three oclock in the morning
when theres a noise
you dont recognize

damnit i miss that
i feel like a fool
saying
i want to cut the chase
out of my life
and have that again
right now

let everyone else percolate
im perfectly pleased
to be sleeping
with the newly familiar