I like how this whole thing is a breathing conflict.

Kind of like you.

Yeah, I've recently just left a relationship (well, been hurled out really) and I wonder too just how far I've been changed. This piece is almost chilling, there's a definite suggestion of something sinister in your lines. "But I'm going to hurt someone, it only happens when I change gloves.." disturbingly satisfying.

heh. yeah, those gloves get really slick, and quick. nice write.

"I am a gentle man". That is such a gentle, calm line, so at odds with much of the poetry I love and am used to seeing. That really catches me. "I am a gentle man". I like that. It's so - precise.