"vampire love" by mother dwarf

 

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Exhaling On A French Night      --Sarah Lilius & Erin M. Bertram

 

That's when me and two friends

smoked hash with an Argentinean.

 

The Argentinean fell asleep;

the hash was good.

 

Later that night, after drinks

with too much vodka and umbrellas to boot,

 

I, too, slept—alone, purring.

The walls refused to vibrate

 

unlike my content heart

rattling wild in its cage.

 

The open window lets summer

crease into my lungs.