"it is meant to part / like that", Damon Leong
where the glue seal runs is where
it is easiest to tear open. along the top seam,
if you put the right pressure at the
fold, the foil will split
open, like that.
a single gaping mouth for your mouth.
the artificiality of tear here, a printed arrow
(like you need to be told where to direct
destruction) obvious as the act of
rending, hanging unclean as a jaw dislocated.
it is meant to part
like that,
i say of my eyes, open every morning.
a book falling open to its mark.
a zip, guided, cheap fabric falling from
my shoulders. lips to say i love you; then
us, at the end of our journey.
you have to tear it at the seal.