.

cruel the paper cut

when it first appears on tender skin

such contrast from a rough unnatural line

evil the paper cut

when it comes back again

and promises more future visits

it comes back a couple hundred more times

leaving its trace like brushstrokes on a painting

destroying the cells of yet still tender skin

cunning the paper cut

when the skin becomes numb

and the painting dries out

then it leaves

and the only though left

is a wish of a new paper cut