SPARK

Claire Guyton
Inspiration Piece

Glaring
By Lisa Kilhefner
Response

i’m swimming in the ocean of uproar,

in my own disregard for her,

in my two-sided-ness.

i’m floating along a polished glass floor,

over her harsh words, under,

over refracted light.

she couldn’t leave that small town so she tossed

her maiden name, the litter of her youth.

i met her in the aftermath, a lost

mass with a heartbeat in a parachute.

she mouthed the words, they vibrated between

her tongue and atmospheric light. the gleam

of loneliness was blinding.

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