Excerpt from Over the Winds by Jai-Michelle
“I disappear into the dark hymn, white-eyed. drowned.
yet, from the back of my knee
grows a marigold like a small sun
dripping with eyes
I give her my mouth
but like burnt ships, her orange petalled swansong
lies forgotten to the fog.
unbelieved.”
Excerpt from My Mother’s Vanity by Barbara Leonhard
“I excavate more memories,
kicked under floorboards,
polished to cover gouges
in the wood panels.
Stomped on. Scuffed by flights
from hall mirrors.
Not for my eyes
to see
what remains.”
Hypocrisy by Sangeetha
Her crimson clothes hung heavy
Yet Truth, Janus faced, decreed
That she must hide
Under the shade of shame
If only to protect herself
If only to save her name
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