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Her

  • Jaden Lantier Stark
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • 1 min read

oh child, with her big blue eyes, cradling

the whole ocean.

watch her swim in dark navy,

float on her back, watch her pudgy

blue belly surface and then sink back

down.

she’d rather it sink—the blue hides it

well.

but she drowned years ago.


…that woman murdered her.

skinned and stuffed out her motherly

bits,

gouged out those blue eyes—stole them.

their innocence has brought her pleasure.

she forgot that swimming could

be fun.

especially when every shade of

blue blends together, and it’s

nearly impossible to tell up

from down.



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