Two Pieces
Katrina Lemaire
Buzz in Our Bones
it started in a silk cocoon
heart-pitted, exoskeletal bodies
ready to hatch
wings on wings
eyelashes fluttering
asking between sheets
if skies have called to rain
sipping eachothers marrow
between kisses
congealed honeydew & strawberry chapstick
curled in amber sun chrysalis
tender bellied guts worming
translucent skin papering,
filmy drool spilt on the comforter
feather antennae ears
fingers buzzing over
as teeth cut into light
laughing–
bones buzzing under a ceiling of basket willow trees.
i am the rot you forgot
snakes tangle in my throat
the meat of my words
eaten by carrion beetles–
the kind that linger on deadwood
& dawsonia covered deer antlers
these ghostly guts were an offering
to flowering stalk made of starry sky faunas,
mulberry wishes, & pulpy headed-fruit trees
death gives the taste of many forgets
you planted me in your dark
nestled in a bed of fly agaric mushrooms &
forest ants
waiting for us to bloom again
now webbed in worms & algae foam–you see me
oh, how you screamed &
all of our bodies screamed back
Katrina Lemaire is an emerging poet and fiction writer from Toronto, Ontario. She enjoys exploring themes of ecology, botany, and little hauntings. Her work can be found in Plenitude Magazine, Soft Star Magazine, and Sad Girl Diaries among others. Follow her on twitter @bookishmoons to see more updates.