Persephone At The Grocery, In Multiple

Bought the fruit because we wanted the myth of it, wanted

all that brightbrightbright blood-roses bloodless red. Were we

type A, type O, or something else, unclassifiable? A man

was waiting for us somewhere. Held the knife. One stared

a story in the eyes and said enter me anywhere. We meant it. Wanting

costs so much, so little: $1clearwholeswiftshininghuman—life.

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