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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 26

Stories My Body Tells Pt. 1

Near forty years ago or so

One sunny summer day

Was walking with a friend of mine

Just chatting on our way.

On railway tracks we strolled along

Not thinking much at all

I stumbled on the clinkers there

And took a nasty fall.

At first I thought “That’s not so bad.”

But then I saw the blood

There seemed an awful lot of it

But still, was not a flood.

My wrist had hit a piece of slag

And edge just like a blade

Had peeled the skin like a filet

Sure, quite the show it made.

The tendons, veins and all the rest

Laid bare for all to see

And when I showed it to my chum

He almost murdered me.

It seems that blood was not his thing

It made him gag like hell

I though it was hilarious

He didn’t take that well.

The hospital, they stitched me up

After a decent wait

Then sent me on my way again

With pills to pain abate.

I’ve not seen him these many years

But never will forget

For with this scar he’s evergreen

There on my wrist inset.

Cheers,