She places her hands on the rim.<\/p>\n
Against the stone, her fingers are pale and dry.
\nThey are hands many people touch
\nbut few hold onto.<\/p>\n
They know how to untie knots,
\nhow to fold into fists,
\nhow to give away water<\/p>\n
but not how to keep it.
\nShe lowers the rope,
\nshe is careful, she is slow.<\/p>\n
Thin ice cracks and the bucket sinks.
\nHer muscles stretch, pulling up.<\/p>\n
She reaches down, her face peers back.
\nRibbons of skin glide on swells,
\nwhite against the black.<\/p>\n
She does not try
\nto piece it back together.
\nShe walks home instead,
\ncareful not to spill a drop,
\nnot to look again.<\/p>\n
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