
Blair Wilson and Hal Sirowitz "Chopped Off Arm" #387 Sumi Ink on Paper 11"x17" 1993
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Chopped off arm
Don't stick your arm out of the window,
Another car can sneak up
behind us and chop it off.
Then your father will have to stop,
Stick the severed piece in the trunk
and drive you to the hospital.
It's not like the parts of your telescope
that snaps back on.
A doctor will have to sew it.
You won't be able to wear shortsleeves.
You don't want anyone to see the stitches.
Poem by Hal Sirowitz