Eyes caked in green and pink
Pigment like limes and pussy
Lips, glittering
Like frenzied elation and pools of alcohol.
We’ve been in floods.
The dirt on the floor is a garden.
Do you think that you can be killed by repetition?
We’ve been in floods.
Decadence: champagne and chocolate
Cake and nobody around to bother you.
To disturb thoughts.
My vaginal canal burns like a secret,
An ogre’s pocket.
I drag my feet everywhere I go.
To disturb thoughts.
Dirty walls and smudged.
It’s like chewing ice when you’re thirsty
Masaccio,
Realizing the true butter softness.
Fetus in a half-heated lava lamp
In utero,
The impracticability of drowning sorrows.
Inundation in utero.
Kaitlin Rikala (they/them) is a 23 year old that recently graduated from UWEC with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Art History and Creative Writing. They are looking forward to attending The University of Chicago as a Master’s student in the fall of 2022. Find out more at https://kaitlinrikala.wixsite.com/website.
Angel Rust 