strangerspit
on a rolled-up twenty
feeling the fangs
that swam inside it
engulfed in that
coked juice cocktail
rotten enamel
sloshing through her throat
reminds me of this
withered sack of bones
piss-stained teeth &
spidered sick by
serendipitous mutilation–
ritualistic cleansing,
becoming a vulture’s nest:
an amalgamation of carcasses
i hear them weeping
pouring out through my sweat
stickstuck on my skin
my bones might just snap
yearning to spring from their sockets
ripping right through my flesh:
a cold kind of oozing
molten bloodslush pouring out
every orifice ripped
then filled
& my body will exit itself
leaving this deflated skin
the human rind i’ve worn
hiding my animal insides
that scrape & scratch
leaving bruises
on prominent veins
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Bella Stevens (she/they) is a writer and visual artist based out of Richmond, VA. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Messenger and Virginia Literary Review.
