Strawberries

read when you crave revenge

By Joe NastaPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read

strawberries strawberry

strawberry strawberries

sliced in halves

spraying their juices

pink & red, pink &

red juices

am I squirt-

ing juices

am I a person

person now?

Oh what a body

body breathing

body bleeding

body now

damp & ooz-

ing even

after seven-

teen seconds

now, alive

the flip side

of destruct-

ion is—

literary editor at large, American Poetry’s Sweetest Troublemaker, reputed champion of the underground, kind friend please make me happy :)

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