Writing and artwork by Ashelgih Ascoli
Shuddering on the shower floor, sticky red rivulets chasing water through the grout / atop crumpled bedsheets / on the office swivel chair / in the hospital parking lot, fractured cement stained russet / knees spread on a cold operating table / on the suffocating drive home / in your arms, collapsing with grief / clinging to the lid of a toilet, back arched in agony / in a crowd, clammy limbs trembling / beneath pillaging hands / between cracked teeth / before a goodbye / in my nightmares, my memories, my fears of the future / in your mouth / on your fingers / at the altar of your hips / on everything I have ever loved / on everything I have ever touched / on everything, ever.
