Routine
The two thudding slams of the car doors
reverberate through the concrete parking tower
with the anguished dissonance
of triumph and despair
He led her with his smug swagger
back to their white-walled apartment
Later, he would open the refrigerator and check the score-
measuring how deep she had dug her fingernails into the styrofoam take out box
Aching with desperation,
wanting to strike the reflection of her puffy face and reddened eyes into a spider web of sharRAB
instead she reaches out
opens the bathroom mirror
and grabs an orange bottle filled with relationship counseling
She walks into the bedroom and slides into bed beside his basking dominance
She kisses him, softly, wetly
He rolls over
nausea coursing though him
acidic bile burning its way up into his throat
salt water forming in the corners of his eyes
He lies awake all night, silently cursing her
as the pharmaceuticals coax her into a fitful sleep
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Visceral Communiqu
The two thudding slams of the car doors
reverberate through the concrete parking tower
with the anguished dissonance
of triumph and despair
He led her with his smug swagger
back to their white-walled apartment
Later, he would open the refrigerator and check the score-
measuring how deep she had dug her fingernails into the styrofoam take out box
Aching with desperation,
wanting to strike the reflection of her puffy face and reddened eyes into a spider web of sharRAB
instead she reaches out
opens the bathroom mirror
and grabs an orange bottle filled with relationship counseling
She walks into the bedroom and slides into bed beside his basking dominance
She kisses him, softly, wetly
He rolls over
nausea coursing though him
acidic bile burning its way up into his throat
salt water forming in the corners of his eyes
He lies awake all night, silently cursing her
as the pharmaceuticals coax her into a fitful sleep
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Visceral Communiqu