Like plastic crinkled under foot in back seats-- floorboard litter with lipstick napkins, and under beds lost with the left sock kicked off between blankets on hot nights. Like glass on window sills waiting to be reused-- heavy and strong even in its vacancy, eager to hold those small and soft things we so readily … Continue reading Heart Like An Empty Bottle
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atropa belladonna
Something is wrong with me-- something small and dark is lurking in a place I cannot find. Maybe it is sharp, and pricks the fingertips of men who dare to hold me close. Maybe it whispers in their ears as we lay asleep, a midsummer nightmare beat in racing pulse. They spit me out, perhaps … Continue reading atropa belladonna