LILA SCHLISSEL
And everybody’s showing a rib-cage to the / rib-watchers, head thrown back/throat exposed so we can see the / ridges do you see me we are asking / don’t you see us…Continue Reading Stepping
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Bringing
LILA SCHLISSEL
She will bring me gifts / teeth and black licorice lips cradling some / bird / with hollow bones / and lay / it / in my lap / unscathed, if confused / and / covered in a little spit…Continue Reading Bringing
Junk Drawer
LILA SCHLISSEL
Mom said I was a hoarder like it was something / to be cured, jewelry boxes to be shaken out and become / Ricola-wrapper-rain clouds // for Ricola-wrapper carcasses / waxy paper skeletons that / gifted a small throat honey-coat sweet…Continue Reading Junk Drawer
Roadkill
LILA SCHLISSEL
The best thing about having / two eyes wriggling around in your / head like minnows is that they / have already learned to blur / and your retina is cracked and crumbling…Continue Reading Roadkill