April 16th

In a brickwork castle in a valley
choked with pine trees

is a tower filled with water. It has

a tiled roof
with windows at the top with
thick rust bars inside them. It

is attached to our wing
by a door and
a sign saying
never.

The tower is filled
with water

and sharks

whose teeth mesh together

surrounded

in stains of lipstick. They

breathe water and tear
their soft bellies when daylight
is too much.

We have never felt
their teeth but their teeth

are inside
our silent bodies.

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