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dead bodies can’t talk, but I find ways to tell you that I love you anyways

May 8, 2022
By Anonymous

if i were to drown 

under the cold, residual foam of a flat soda, 

i would not be alone for long.

onlookers would find my body,
(my grinning face,) 

my yellow-tinted skin glowing in sugared chemicals.

i would turn my stiff head in the bottle
to look at your beautiful, antigravitational form beside me, 

& my jaw would unhinge like a crocodile
& the bubbles that escape from my dead throat 

would whisper 

baby, this grave
that you have given us
is all i could have ever wanted. 


The author's comments:

Lea Karian is a 15 year old writer from New York. She likes art, cats, poetry, and dry humor.


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