dead bird guts

1. “Peach pits are poisonous. This is not a mistake. Girlhood is growing fruit around cyanide. It will never be yours for swallowing.” (brenna twohy, from “swallowtail”)

2. “A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.” (gillian flynn, from “sharp objects”)

3.

(kenji toma, “ph.”)

in the ways I’m willing to worship. Who cares for baptism

                                when the body

is excess holiness                waiting to combust.

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excerpt from

EVERY PLACE IS EMPTY UNTIL WE LEAVE IT

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h.y.k

love her in the way a frightened deer will lock its knees & not move again. Even if that means burning alive.

in the ways I’m willing to worship. Who cares for baptism

                                when the body

is excess holiness                waiting to combust.