russian doll (smaller)

Acupuncture needle
New connections
Watch the water boil over
Sputter out and break the tension
I can shell another thirty to deflect
All my reflections
I can hollow out my chest
To make more room for brand new lessons

Dress a wound with sheepish clothes
My curls are faux and full of questions
But my teeth are gnashing woe is me
Is woe my new collection
I can't bridge the gap between
The me's in past future and present
I don't want to find the reason I reject
My adolescence

I can push it down and
Make a big thing small
A small thing smaller