the metal pinch

The metal pinch 
on skin and flesh 
lands sudden hard 

to slam and bless 
with throbbing hot 
and jolting pain! 

Each time it does:
never again 

The problem is:
so many things 
seem made to lull 
me into them with 
fingers, limbs and 
tender parts. The 
metal pinch awaits 
in states of many 

arts.