By VIVIAN KOPKA
From ENGL 205: Intro Creative Writing, with TOBY ALTMAN
Wet Pressure builds in the sinuses, nostrils
glides down the lips
pours down the throat
the tongue tastes metal, seeping
on the lips, chin
crouched,
water blesses a Body
glides down the lips
pours down the throat
Visions of you
Piece of a Continent
a United Heart broken
A little Blood Spilled
the tongue tastes metal, seeping
on the lips, chin
Where is God?
a bloody body
on the lips, chin
of agony
Yours and Ours
Dreaming of You
Money and Shoes
And single-use lovers
the tongue tastes metal, seeping
And oil,
thick, sweet oil
glides down the lips
pours down the throat
the tongue tastes metal, seeping
on the lips, chin
crouched,
water blesses a Body
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