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i. Sometimes, the apartment stairwell. Hallways laid bare for miles. A woman presses her palm to the floor in gold light. Feels for pulses, comes up empty every time. Someone listens to phone static, thumbs a bruise. Always too much on … Continue reading
subtle teething
Nights spent at the pool, drives home where streetlights pinwheeled through wet eyelashes.These were years broken fingers, sores. Early morning by the garage, so many orange peels and the small spines of fish. In those days, there was tenderness and … Continue reading
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girl, swan and blue
I am the deep swell below my tongue. Here is the belly of the whale, candlesticks and blue cradles, nursery rhymes waterlogged. All I see is gold light spinning, here is the melt, my mouth as hot wax. Here is … Continue reading
publication news – quail bell magazine
Hello all! I’m excited to announce that a flash fiction story of mine was published in Quail Bell Magazine, an inclusive online literary magazine dedicated to “the real and unreal.” The poetry and stories published on this site are simply … Continue reading
Kateri gets a tumblr
Like the title suggests, yes, I finally caved in and decided to create a blog on tumblr. For awhile now I had been a fan of the tumblr community as an outsider and kept tabs on a few stunning poetry … Continue reading
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Sore Throat
something is rusting in my throat, the ends of summer, i kept the apology meant for you//i’m growing smaller, honey-hay cottage, i still keep the postcards//i only see swan painted air, gaslights dissolve sweet on tongue, i fold the day … Continue reading
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Reaching & Wilting
My fingertips are mimicking sensations, guessing at existence beyond themselves But there is only one thought burning in me, burns through the room to nowhere, reaching you without touching you. And my shoulders wilt//And my skin is only the ink … Continue reading
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Dairy Queen
Lately, I’ve been inspired and enraptured by Lorde, Lana Del Rey, old cars, technicolor, neon lights, and the overall teenage experience. Milk-dipped suburban fantasies The sweetness of bones and watermelon rinds I’m eating ice-cream but really, I’m tasting the … Continue reading
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Art Knows
Closing hour: brass teeth gnash within their locks. Darkness has changed the night-watchman’s son, mellowing his form, transforming his skin into a wan frenzy, his tiny body seeming to meld with the black of the museum passageway he is crossing. … Continue reading
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Rewind Me
Who is the greatest thief? The world. What is its worst robbery? Snatching our moments, pocketing them away, devouring them. Why are your memories so nebulous? Like cream to tea. Like dust on wood. Because you’re conjuring their ghosts. Summoning … Continue reading
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