How to shave your armpits (Reply to Neetu Das's "How to cut a fish")

Lean to the mirror
Razor in Hand
Remember the youtube videos
And grieve at your incapacity
Soap the area
Until your heart stops
At losing precious hair to patriarchy
Stare long at the blade
In a slow strong motion
Bring it down
Then a second, and third
Rinse, look for remaining matter
Shatter it all.

Sip coffee later
While feeling the emptiness
In both the armpits
And the space between them.