There is Only Ever This Moment |
Elle J. Snyder
We are arguing about something stupid.
Our knives make contact in perfect unison.
They are hanging a young woman in the woods,
their masks are made of sticks.
I’m killing you
BECAUSE
I love you.
Everyone thanks me for a good death.
We are arguing about something stupid.
They’ve formed a ritual in our living room.
Our son can hear us.
I never knew my best mate was made of guts.
It was all fun, until it was real.
They are chanting our words back to us.
And finally, I hear what you’re saying.
Elle J. Snyder (she/her) is a trans woman, poet, and weredolphin from Staten Island. You can most often find her eating tiny crabs that wash up on a dirty beach, or haunting your bathroom mirror (shouting really nice things at you). Her work recently appears in: Sardine Can Collective, Discretionary Love, Unendurable, Backyard Lit, et.al. She is also the new spokeswoman for Jane Link's Meat Sticks- "Cause Women Need Meat Too".