#proserpinaem

[ink-on-the-wind]

"Spaewife"

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"Spaewife" Reds Version

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"Spaewife" Blues Version

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"Spaewife" Purples Version

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Digital paintings and photo manipulations by me, Emory MaCaire.

[ink-on-the-wind]

-proserpinaem

[ink-on-the-wind]

Allelopathy

Vampire-vines take root

within me, sprouting from a

seed I did not sow,

consume the rot-fruit

of my mind and taste bitter

blood like pennies on my lips

chapped from fidget, pick,

and spit. My teeth become a

pearlescent dagger,

my jaw, an oyster,

bone grown shut to trap the voice.

Primal protection

turned to crimson cheeked

silence. See, those vampire-vines

thrive in the quiet

vacuum of a mind

whose thoughts are called lies before

they can even form.

-E.M.