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To Bite a Kissing Lip
June 9, 2017
I climb buildings
just so you
can push me off,
when I feel your hands
clutching a beer.
Your cough
second-hand smoke
in my lungs,
chapped fingers
strangling a cigarette.
Maybe
I could have fixed
your broken puzzle:
Frayed edges
that feel calm
against my slashed skin.
Like condensing you
into a needle
and injecting you in my veins,
you prick.
© Megan B., Cincinnati, OH
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