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HALF-LOCKED
by
Liz Bowen
kissing to keep out the sandmen
the couch hums like a coral reef
and you, with the deep hand laceration
halve me a split pink fig
I, with chipped swarovski wrists
can open a jar with my teeth
will grind the cold night with my teeth
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Liz Bowen is an editor, poet, and Brooklyn transplant by way of backwoods Maryland. She has an honors degree in English and American Studies from Fordham University, and she has other poems forthcoming in Euphony, NEON and JMWW. Her favorite pieces of the world include brunch, book-buying binges, and every pet she's ever had.
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