noontime sonder

xi

i broke my nail

against the kitchen counter

and then hobbled around 

when i stubbed my toe.

it hurt so much

one pearly tear fell

from my face and

smudged my makeup.

my stupid OCD

doesn't warrant exchanges 

or replacements

or asymmetry.

so i break my other thumbnail

and smash my other toe

and then i smudge away my other eye

until everything is perfect.

and i guess

when i wrote this

i saw a metaphor in there

somewhere.

like how

you may hurt one person

but their other half 

then aches, too.