an ode to your eyebrows by Rachel Raabe

an ode to your eyebrows

most times: two horizontal buttresses,

arched and angled,

hanging above your heavy gaze and

sharpening it to a fine point to be hurled,

spear-like,

from the crenellated fortress of your mind.

sometimes: fuzzy caterpillars,

wiggling in agitation,

begging to be picked up and petted –

(perhaps against one’s better judgement)

ferocity, momentarily placated