SHE MISSES THE SCENT OF ROSES AND PEACHES . she recalls languid summers , golden limbs stretched along the cool grass in the flickering shadows of her father’s weeping willow - the air was always thick with the sickly sweet aroma of peaches . now , the air is just THICK & her throat runs dry . it’s been twelve hours since her last feeding , but the sun’s yet to set so she acclimates herself to a night at the goddamn dusty crow . sheltering & shadowing herself beneath the decrepit bar’s front awning , cerulean irises flicker to the unfortunate soul she’s taken notice of beside her . ‘ how much do i have to beg to get a light ? ’ slender digits lift to reveal a lonesome cigarette , her southern drawl laced around each syrupy syllable. ‘ pretty please ? ’









