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Poet from Washington State. Could talk all day about movies and the NBA. linktr.ee/ericsubpar Debut Novel GHOULS IN LOVE coming 2025 from Pig Roast Publishing.
![Kismet by Eva Alter
“because a woman’s body
is a grave;”
Dedication to Hunger, Louise Glück
I learned how to do it at fourteen,
that brutal undoing
of desire— a violent purification
ritual, my own;
to rid myself of my person,
temporarily yet entirely
[to rid myself of my soul’s detritus]
that porcelain door going nowhere
but down down down.
I knew I was septic.
Knew my skin had been
made into rot
[knew I had to bear it anyway]
and decided to barter my fate
sacrificing myself to that chasm of
dreck.
Once became dozens became thousands
each time an unwitting move
in some cosmic chess match against
God’s magistrate;
total expiration the loser’s reward.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:igqpg4uo55sdarp6dgayy4iy/bafkreignlen5tee4mkblpzbigz6csxsjopatdbvkcw2kacjv3bzskgw7v4)
