{"id":3964,"date":"2023-08-20T20:25:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T20:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/?page_id=3964"},"modified":"2023-11-27T00:27:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T00:27:31","slug":"after-kim-addonizio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/vol-4-winter-2023-2024\/after-kim-addonizio\/","title":{"rendered":"To Whom It May Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>After Kim Addonizio<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>Mox Engelman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that I spend just a tad too much<\/p>\n<p>Time staring at my hands, flicking my thumbs against<\/p>\n<p>Each other\u2019s nails to hear the satisfying<\/p>\n<p>Clack and scrape, and have analyzed and memorized<\/p>\n<p>Every line in the knuckle of my middle finger<\/p>\n<p>And my fingerprint<\/p>\n<p>And my fingernail<\/p>\n<p>And the bottom left corner of my palm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that I waste good<\/p>\n<p>Time, picking at the dead<\/p>\n<p>Skin flaps and clusters, finding purchase<\/p>\n<p>Between the cells to pull, and feeling the long gone<\/p>\n<p>Holdfasts give way as it peels, revealing<\/p>\n<p>The red<\/p>\n<p>The raw<\/p>\n<p>The new, soft layer yet unweary<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is possible, but<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever compulsively run your fingers<\/p>\n<p>Over scars or cuts or bumps or bruises and pressed<\/p>\n<p>In just a little, had your preoccupation mistaken<\/p>\n<p>For preening, wanted to smash a mirror but<\/p>\n<p>Were afraid of the consequences, that the little<\/p>\n<p>Shards would make things worse, wondered<\/p>\n<p>After the texture of your own hair or bones or tongue<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please understand, sometimes my heart beating my blood around my extremities is the only best part of me.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mox Engelman<\/strong> hails from Cherry Hill, NJ, and graduated in 2023 with a double major in Marine Biology and Visual Art. 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