(Content Warning: suicide, body horror, gore)
My friend once saw a murder and she bit
her tongue for seven weeks. When she gave in
she hid for days. And then they found the pit.
They say her eyes were overgrown with skin.
They told me she had fallen from the roof
and snapped her neck. They told me that her head
had spun right round, and then they showed me proof.
They drained her blood to ensure she was dead.
I walked from town and dug her up that night.
I cut out holes where eyes had been so she
could see again. I watched her stand upright
and climb towards the roof, once more, with me.
She jumped and cracked and laughed at how it hurt,
then wandered home and settled in the dirt.
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Cover photo by Liam Martens
Written Aug 2021
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