Time does not heal
it sediments;
encasing hurts in calcium carbonate.
Soft parts may dissolve
but skeletal shards
wait
to be unearthed.
Time
is an self-effacing beautician.
She strokes on lacquer of nitrocellulosed pearl
coat upon
coat
till nicotine-fouled keratin
seems
immaculate and
ghoul-green talons withdraw.
Time does not
heal
it deposits;
compacting weighty memories
squeezing waterlogged sores.
