Fair enough, let\u2019s speak<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of reality, licking the lid<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of a yogurt top, black cherry,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I pull a tube from your throat,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it\u2019s easier this way \u2013 don\u2019t <\/p>\n\n\n\n
eat, don\u2019t breathe, blood-stained <\/p>\n\n\n\n
smile, filled with colored glass,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
hungry to tap on windows <\/p>\n\n\n\n
whispering why? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just flowers left to rot. Just bones tossed on windswept floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just love (candy-coated, sticky) wriggling from your throat \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it doesn\u2019t belong, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
we cry, rip it out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Laine Derr holds an MFA from Northern Arizona University and has published interviews with Carl Phillips, Ross Gay, Ted Kooser, and Robert Pinsky. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming from Antithesis<\/em>, ZYZZYVA<\/em>, Portland Review<\/em>, North Dakota Quarterly<\/em>, Prairie Schooner<\/em>, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fair enough, let\u2019s speak of reality, licking the lid of a yogurt top, black cherry, I pull a tube from your throat, it\u2019s easier this way \u2013 don\u2019t eat, don\u2019t breathe, blood-stained smile, filled with colored glass, hungry to tap on windows whispering why? Just flowers left to rot. Just bones tossed on windswept floors. … <\/p>\n