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queen of hell

from contingency by alyssa kai

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running from shelter to shelter for so long
& smiling when you finally open up the door
swelling with the memories we're making
throw my wet clothes on the floor
I grimace when I finish
you grin & close the door

long hard & many times I've started
to try to make each rising morning new
I don't tend to turn around when I've departed
but I'm ready to try running home to you
I know I come here often
but not as much as you

when a woman sits in hell
there the sunlight ever swells

so thank you for the many nights of action
tangent lines tied tight inside your bed
covers like tidal waves crosshatching
sheets wrapped tight around our heads
I hold you like I'm living
I sleep here like I'm dead

there's a little more little more of me every morning
a little less lying below the fold
at sunrise when I stumble onto the hardwood flooring
you know it doesn't feel so cold
tell you I don't know my limits
fuck what you've been told

juice runs wild down my lips
woman's blood is in her hips

once upon a time there was a woman
known for her beauty wisdom too
she went picking flowers one morning
& disappeared from view
what happened to me
what happened to you

mine will be a somewhere sun
woman's work is never done

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from contingency, released January 27, 2016

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