SPARK

Jackie Wood
Response

Knockout
By Lisa Kilhefner
Inspiration piece

I
don’t
fight
fair.
I don’t fight at all.

Once I tried
but the punching bag looked more like a water balloon,
and one hit from him was all it took
for my ooey gooey insides to erupt
all over my red leather gloves.
I couldn’t stuff it back in,
couldn’t sew up the skin,
not even with a thousand delicate stitches.

I keep my insides outside the ring
because I can’t
win.

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