Understory 2017: An Annual Anthology of Achievement

Faerie

NICK CAUDEL


You slice me by the seams
And I apologize for bleeding.
As comely as you are,
Your looks are too misleading.
 
With a shimmer in your eye
And a shiv within my chest,
Your whispers in my ear
Roost into their nest.
 
I identified the signs,
But pure allure constrained
My impetus to act
‘Til it became too late.
 
A hypnotic, soft gleam
And the plumpest, pursed lips
Besieged my better judgment:
It was never worth the risk.You slice me by the seams

And I apologize for bleeding.
As comely as you are,
Your looks are too misleading.
 
With a shimmer in your eye
And a shiv within my chest,
Your whispers in my ear
Roost into their nest.
 
I identified the signs,
But pure allure constrained
My impetus to act
‘Til it became too late.
 
A hypnotic, soft gleam
And the plumpest, pursed lips
Besieged my better judgment:
It was never worth the risk.
 

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