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LIVES BY LIFE CONSUMED

By Katrina J. Paddock



Worlds have ended at this crossroads

Worlds have ended, are ending:

 

with knives in bellies

with life in bellies

with fire in eyes undefeated

with hope crushed out of deflated chests.

 

Worlds have ended, will continue to end:

 

with five-year-old hearts

and lullaby lips

with empty arms

and fist-kissed skin.

Worlds are ending slowly as

we blink, as we swallow—

mid-conversation—

as life is smeared on cement.

 

Worlds have ended at this intersection

All these worlds ended, irreparable

these spasming hearts ended, irremediable

 

All these lives by life

consumed.


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