Iron Bloodied
Eyelids
Janet Kuypers
8/3/19, #PeriodicPoetry @cenmag,
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Doctors knew
of my brain injury...
when blood seeps
from around my brain
it collects
only in my eyelids.
Iron gives blood color,
coming through
to my blood-filled
Iron-rich
eyelids.
I have an iron will,
so...
shine a light
in my eyes.
See if I respond.
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