as she’s shaking

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as she’s shaking
by D George Gawlik

she thinks of his shoulders
        where his hands used to fit
        she remembers how he felt
around and inside and around her and
his fingers down the small of her back
        seeking her
hips to pull her to him
and kiss her goodbye
        before he left for work

she dips her finger into
his blood
tastes it and thinks
this is the last time
she thinks
        it will ever be so warm
        and
        she

        moans

summoning the strength
to loosen her fingers the
gun strikes the kitchen
linoleum and
        bounces

        once

but it’s useless
like telling cancer
to
GO AWAY

he won’t be going
to work today
and no one
is going to kiss her
goodbye as
they go to work
this morning

the sun is
above the
roofs now
as she lifts
the gun for
one more

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