Calvaria: skull cap

Calvaria

fine dust
invading my breath
that burned hair smell
her muscles reflected
-like sinewy red butterflies-
meat I no longer eat
someone chisels through bone
dull blades scream
and we discuss
-wiping grease onto our scrubs-
the best way to remove the scalp
as her 91 year-old body,
breathing out formaldehyde,
shrinks under the pragmatics
of learning medicine