Her arm against the chainsaw
A monstrous mechanical maw
The pain continues to persist
Therefore she refuses to resist
And thus the saw is turned on
An instant later the arm is gone
Seeing her arm at her side
The pain in her head subsides
Unsure of what to do next
Her phone blinks from a text
Who could be texting her, now
And not thinking this through, ow
As the shock begins to wear off
She suppresses regrets with a scoff
She’s feeling dizzy, sleepy and hurt
She dreams of her nomadic life, in a yurt
And one last thought for her friends
To the lot of whom she frequently lends
Her countless books in mint condition
Only to get them back through extradition
Of the books of hers they’d keep
And not one for one final, deep sleep
She vehemently refuses to die
Her phone she spots with her eye
She dials using her good arm
To lure paramedics with her charm
Even though that’s not necessary
Later she finds out one’s named Larry
He asks her all sorts of questions
Trying to protect her from infections
He quickly dresses her wound
But he fears that she is doomed
He finally asks what did this to her
The ambulance now going much faster
Never too fond of perjury
She says “self inflicted injury”