Compulsion

Anxiety a rash spreads across your wrist another under your breast redness on your right cheek itchy Anxiety chewed nails dried blood skin around nails chewed till it bleeds a tiny bit of skin hanging an invitation to chew an invitation to draw blood repeat repeated you cannot stop fidgeting you twirl your fingers pull your fingers some day you will pull too hard and dislocate a finger maybe some day is today your fingers tap the desk tap against each other your foot twitches in the air knuckles knock on the desk another bit of skin around your thumb nail to chew cannot stop will not stop move twitch knock scratch tap shake shiver rock sway pull rub itch chew cannot stop must not stop