. thicker .

Sheet crawled underneath her skin

Fitted around the shoulder knuckles

Bunched up around the ankles

He pulled it, thread by thread, out of her neck

Up over her eyes

Alone, her fingers failed to untangle the mask he knitted

So

She grew taller, wider, thicker

Sheet retreated into the wound

Eyes crusted open from the new height

Yet to dissolve, sheet lay flat and dormant

Shoulders curled free

Ankles pointed ballerina toes

Sheet lay witness to her evolve