Purge
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O God, the vomit,
half-chewed nuts, pickles,
raisin skins, hash marks
of cereal. Jaw-sore,
she refolds
hands into her mouth,
praying for pleasure
rejected, offers
herself a new life,
scraped out. Images
of cellulite and dead
flood her confession.
She flushes, humped, cleansed.
Water catches in the toilet’s throat.
Author:
B. L. Gentry :
B. L. Gentry’s poetry has appeared in the Cortland Review, The Other Journal, and is forthcoming in Rhino. Gentry is an MFA student in the Warren Wilson College Program for Writers. She lives in Oklahoma.
B. L. Gentry’s poetry has appeared in the Cortland Review, The Other Journal, and is forthcoming in Rhino. Gentry is an MFA student in the Warren Wilson College Program for Writers. She lives in Oklahoma.
