Corinna Underwood

Waste

The light spilling over the window sill
reminds me to turn over
before I see it pool in the sheets
where emptiness lies.
Each morning I am beside myself.
Shadows are newly poured
around my face and body
filling all crevices
and hardening to crust.
Afternoons only defer nightfall.
Movements are match sticks
snapping with flintless tenderness
until I splinter.
And from these pieces
grow thorn flowers for a desert.
 

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