Very Bad Archive
Path of the Pain
Michael Reed
I burned my toe with a hot noodle.
It fell in slow motion.
As it tumbled end-over-end from the stove top
to the shadowy floor beneath
I calculated how the pain would travel
from my foot, through the leg, to my spinal column, to my brain.
I was so transfixed by the path of the pain,
I neglected to move my foot.
Michael Reed has published 2 more terrible poems since joining on 25/5/07. Read more of Michael's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of Michael's latest works: