GRAB

warding off any possibility
of being misunderstood 
or cracked under the weight
of a soapy heel
i make myself hurt 
to step on
shots fired
emergency yellow 
lush descriptors woven to scramble
the gulp, flood to distract 
on-comer threat, dragonball z eject 
flaccid perceptions
flat poison risk 
bacterial infiltrators that could
swamp
what i’m put on this earth
to protect