Ursula unstable unsettled
volatile coseismal shaky precarious reactive
alluring beguiling seductive
watch out for her bad side in addition
radioactive hot molten in the worst way
atomic pizza sticking to the roof of your mouth
keloids will form on my hands face tongue fingers
anywhere I touched her secret marinades
at least half-life of fifty years in the memory
like long-tipped steel darts
errant flying needles
arrows like those that pierced Sebastian
remain embedded lodged buried integrated interred with angled barbs
tearing flesh, ripping the soul, disemboweling viscera upon removal
disfigured in permanence displayed to the world
so that everyone will realize this ugliness
how long will it take for her residue to vanish?
measured in betabecquerels? terabecquerels?
the results worse than an icy radium enema
administered in a large uncomfortable syringe
by a hatchet-faced nurse on a stormy night
will I be eaten by aplastic anemia just like Marie
no, Ursula is much worse than radium
hundreds and thousands of years
could pass with inexorable slowness
a tortoise in low gear
tingling will remain
similar to the Zahir of Borges, she is eternal, unforgettable
a beacon blindingly blasting through time