Shut Set
show me the shut faces in
faces in shadow
in shadow show me
shut
over what she was saying
he was saying saying you
lend me your tongue or
your time again
your tongue or your life
or lend me your life
and it’s time
no face to stop it
time to say no
face to stop it
only the noose say no
only the noose knows
she didn’t say you said
she set
wet pieces of shudder wet
pieces of shudder
for sale you were saying
red roses wet
pieces of he said
for sale pieces
set
Cutbank Literary Journal (November 15, 2019).