The Hiss Quarterly Vol. 4 ~ Issue 4
Slip Out The Back, Jack. The Anatomy Of Abandonment
© Melody Herbert
after the fever

after the fever
               the heat –

     burnt grass,
a scorched heart.

     she waits
               for a sudden spring,
     flowers
to rise like miracles
          from the dust,

something to believe in
          like wild melon
     by the roadside.

but this is the desert.

          hearts snap
     in half, clean
and sharp
               as two o'clock shadows.
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