backwoods spirit crossing

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BACKWOODS SPIRIT CROSSING

she slides / a mason jar of pondwater / across the termite-writhing table to me / centipede legs flating / on the surface / of this standingwater mosquito nest

out on haint blue porch / we divide / the eggs between us / over swigs of moonshine marsh / breaking witching hour into shards / slicing our palms / to bleed out ghostlight / a river we cannot cross

i pass the jar back / watching from the parasites burrowed in my eyes / it is only when ensnared between worlds are we able / to drink

from this appalachian rainshadow

backwoods spirit crossing

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