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Snakes

Christopher Hivner

There would be no crying,
she had decided,
the weight of unexplored tears
ballooning behind her eyes.
He stood there so calm
apologizing, explaining, even smiling
in his thousand dollar suit.
His eyes tasted her
in the red lace he had bought.
Another apology,
as sincere as rain in the desert.
He crawled on his belly
to kiss her feet with razors
and yet she still wanted to bleed for him.
Maria tugged at her teddy,
trying to lengthen it
to keep him from slithering between her legs
as he kept talking,
softer and sweeter.
There wasn’t going to be any crying
she determined, swallowing the salt in her throat,
raising her head
to watch him walk out the door.

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