small print

surely it must be somewhere:

maybe it's written with the invisible ink

or tattooed somewhere on my back

or hidden under my hair...

"terms and conditions apply".

just next to "made in"

and "no warranty".

we both know

there is no spare parts

and I am already broken.

you smile and break me

a

little

bit

more.

hand-made

I am unfinished

with only

one coat of paint

I always look

pale and unhealthy

I imagine

that hands that made me

must have been

scratched

with skin like

a sand paper

you have

a soft gaze

that I will

never have

and a clear voice
so different
from the noise
I make

when we lay
in the dark
I can only hope
you can't read
with your fingers
'made in...' label