Serendipity’s Newest Submissions!!
Here are the most recent submissions to be accepted by our esteemed panel of experts.
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Red
i am the spaces
between your ribs.
red river ribbons
knotted down your back.
i feel your lungs breaking.
beautiful bleeding
mountains crumbling
like lace around my hips.
they say
your skin was sewn from maps
and your bones were
built from broken bottles.
i tell them
i am the mapmaker
and we were lovers
once.
sarah rodriguez
Preoccupied
(Stare.)I turn slack handle of frowning door(Stare.)
I feel the weight of oil rush my cheeks(Stare.)(Stare.)
I turn to look just to avert my glance from your(Stare.) I’ve gouged
a gap
into the brain that compels the neck to cut across the shoulder and(Stare.)
you(Stare.)a hairline crack between my perceived sheen
and yours
it grows and grows
like a threadbare(Smirk.)
Sam Hoskins
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