The problem that afternoon was that when the woman seven months pregnant, in the throes of fentanyl addiction, began giving birth on the sidewalk
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The problem that afternoon was that when the woman seven months pregnant, in the throes of fentanyl addiction, began giving birth on the sidewalk
“we roll our bodies down the hillside
everything feels so green”
“there is nothing separating us but a few inches of cold metal, through which his questions stream like water through a sieve.”
“he never smiles, only glares at the camera
like he’s looking right into your soul,
and wanting you.”
there is no liquid like grief—
the moon pulls it all,
and my body responds,
begins to bleed.
Cheeks wet with tears, I croak—Jessica, you are the biggest fucking cunt in Somerville.
She giggles like a female alien, inhales serenely, and says Thank you.
