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Breath & Shadow
Summer 2022 - Vol. 19, Issue 3
"I Take This to The Grave"
written by
Emily Kurc
i had never seen a ghost
until my body became a
graveyard and now i am
one of them.
i live amongst the stones
and the non-living
and at night, haunting
becomes a daily ritual.
we seek revenge with a
maddening hunger and watch
as the tears slip right through
our phantom limbs. there is
no satisfaction here.
closure tastes bare
by the time it reaches
the end of me.
Emily Kurc is a poet, artist, and the author of her self-published chapbook Where the Ivy Grows. She currently resides in Brick, New Jersey. When she isn't writing, you can find her crafting or doing yoga.
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