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the witch & i lay by the river.
i held her hair so she wouldn’t fly away.
i whispered:
“i have done everything you’ve asked. have i not done everything you’ve asked? why have you always,
why have you always hated me?
i have loved nothing & nobody but you.
the smallest grain of sand that you’ve given me,
i’ve carved into a castle.
the smallest feather,
i’ve turned into a flock of birds.
the smallest glance,
i have given you a child.
i have given you all these things.”
“but i did not want any of those things,” said the witch
“what is it that you want?” i asked. “ill give you anything you want.”
the witch turned into a termite & crawled into my ear. she chewed tunnels through my brain & down my throat, through my guts & into my cock. she chewed through every organ & blood vessel.
“now we’re even,” she said in her tiny termite voice.
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