The American Poetry Review

WEEK 10: KUMQUAT

It’s a lot harder, to squeezeyour pointer finger enoughto make a vial fullof your own blood,than you might think.So much gets wasted.The kitchena crime scene. Your printseverywhere. No one elseto blame. But youwere willing to bleed enoughfor Y to be detectable.

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