Skin: Peel;

Sever finger; dispatch to Haiti

     (why: revolution)

Partition nose; route to Manzanar

     (why: collaboration)

Excise mouth; forward to Louisiana

     (why: rabble rousing)

Remove scalp; send to Oklahoma

     (why: gold)

Carve cheek; transmit to El Salvador

     (why: insurrection)

Pluck questioning eyebrow; sail towards Liberia 

     (why: Black)

Sliver neck; return to Mexico

     (why: land)

Chop cotton hand; transfer to Alabama

     (why: inheritance)

Disjoin kneecap; route to China

     (why: un-American)

Extract kidney; transmit to Guatemala

     (why: Indio/India/Indie)

Slit liver; transmit to Central African Republic

     (why: Whatever)

Pierce heart; return to sender

     (why: Why?)

Skin: Peel;

A Poem? by Audrey Shipp