This hook was supposed to bite you& drug along through chunky prose. You were
supposed to be enticed. I've said this line so many
times, it's like muscle memory, etched & hand-
stitched into the sinews of skin and soul:
poetry
C.C. Joyce
xx. they/she. a writer with many names.
Tampa, FL, United States
Selected work (2 publications)
I Release By WalkingAnd I never once thought
of how much it would cost
to unweave those webs,
of how my pain would
sneak from behind and
make me raw all over again.
I never once thought of
how light my body would
feel as I release it all by walking.
poetry