Each day I feel my figure
shrink a little more,
my ripe core
all that resists
a surrender to steam.
Each day I’m broiled crisp
until my charred skin cracks,
whisked off seeds
only bit
by your spice tolerant tongue.
Now I curl into my gut
as my stem goes limp,
then
you smooth
air from my stomach
in fresh, unpackaged breaths. Sarah Ogden is a rising junior at Rollins College and is published in several journals, including Ice Lolly Review and Outlander Zine. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Gray Flamingo Review.
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