Our marriage beganwith knots and fangs;vows inked on skin.Black venom stainedour fingers, twinnedsnakes stranglingthe marriage veinin Celtic macramé –cocksure monogamy.We became one,me and the gun,the serpent reelingitself from the needle.I had few firsts left;marriage a wild westfor the hedonist.Snakes unspooledlike figure-eights,symbols of eternity.Acrimony, alimony;Leave the moaningto adults. We childrenwill be wiserwed, inoculated –these hickeys,homeopathy.
-Jalina Mhyana
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