let me 

turn bodies into something like spears
each one a new slice, break like cold
hard water at cliff bottom crystal-white 
spews & caresses gentle invitation 
but more some kind of pull it’s magnetic 
but less there’s no demand it’s in my head 
& they don’t know, don’t feel pieces slump 
into callused hands & ask to be torn to thin 
strips easy disintegration & fabricate new 
soul like essence like impulse body moves 
nimble, headlong & close-mouthed screams
stuck in swollen throat clench teeth grind
into new chambers left unfurnished

BIO: Sam Frost is a writer living in Los Angeles. She spends her spare time eating bagels and drinking green tea, and she does most of her writing in her phone notes. Find her on Twitter @ sammfrostt

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