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Throat Bloom
a haiku about swallowing love whole
By Missy MatchstickPublished about a year ago • 1 min read
Photo by Alexander Krivitskiy on Unsplash
Nails grew in her throat.
She coughed up a diamond ring.
Wrong size. Still, she smiled.
About the Creator
Missy Matchstick
Missy is a queer writer crafting literary fiction rooted in Los Angeles, where memory, longing, and survival collide. A nurse and social justice student, she writes stories about lives at society’s edges. Her debut novel is in progress.
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