Bleeding Heart (One moment with myself through you)

Bleeding Heart (One moment with myself through you) by Blanca I sink my hand with metal nails Straight into your chest I take your heart still pumping life And put it on my lap One look at you—a shallow shell Your heart is not your own I see your ribs, a shallow cage You’re dust, you’re [...]

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These Heaping Bones

these heaping bones by kathleen raftery grass stained dress bare legs of dry blood and stitch. i’ve worked my lifetime to get here, wrung towels dry and scaled the Himalayas. set ablaze to scarecrows in the field, no longer afraid to share my harvest. so i won’t ride with you in this boxcar set for [...]

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