when your arm touched mine while in the bank line
you became a piece of my mind
synapse and cardboard the pieces shift and crack
i stuffed you in somewhere toward the back

pale white even grey the hand that shook the arm to-day
a fleshy mass filled with d.n.a.
covered in lime in the casket next to mine
but you don't have to worry about that for some time

you might slide your arm under the pillow to-night
to find some place cool and out of sight
but don't forget to turn out the bathroom light
floss your teeth and brush with dent-o-brite