Gayane M. Haroutyunyan: MY BODY

Last night
when I was cooking
a lonely dinner
of potatoes
and Brussels sprouts
I burned my arm
in five places
in five minutes.
I didn’t ice it,
instead
I went on
cooking
thinking
waiting.
Blisters
showed up
like capsules
of shifting fish
glistening
beautiful
and then
I felt sorry
for my body
how it suffers
for years
and doesn’t know
how to stop.




This poem has appeared in Apple Valley Review.
Gayane M. Haroutyunyan recently graduated from Sarah
Lawrence College in New York with an MFA in creative writing.