Inheritances of Hunger

Graftings

How          many stitches make a girl? How / many pieces molded by foreign                             hands, calluses / pressed palm to palm?

My Neighbors Make a Ghost

After the wreckage, I search for new things to love

Abecedarian Under Aquarium Lights

At dusk, we snuck into the backyard and planted birdseed by the drive.

The Nomenclature of Flight

In these woods, my sins bare / into brand

Wolf Princess, to the Ironworks

Originally, my mother suggested floating her down the river behind our house for the fish to eat, but I thought that was disrespectful as fuck, and we were family, Jesus Christ. She was your child. The least we can do is bury her.

Changeling

My mother’s house always looked halfway to collapse.

On Building a Nest

Claire goes pearl diving / in a swimming pool. Chlorinated and cold, / belly-down like a whale died / wrong.

When Sun Shines on Water

1. Kitchen: Gas on the stove. Grease in the air. The pop-pop-pop of heat shriveling paper towels and dishcloths, fabric wilting into itself like a flower in reverse.

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