The Little Mermaid Contemplates the Knife by Allison Armstrong

The gush of my heart
is a love song
tireless
echoing
in the shell of my own ear
the cavity of my chest
Quiet trickle of a background hum or
full throated
so powerful she takes out a dam
Riverflood
She never stops singing
She says
Forgive yourself
for the times you
couldn’t hear me
thought love was a zero-sum game and
abandoned yourself
You’re here now
You’re listening
Follow the music
You know how to open
your heart
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Allison Armstrong is a queer leather femme, a kitchen witch, and a Professional Naked Girl, living on an ancient seabed, and unceded Algonquin territory, in Ottawa where she writes poetry, reads tarot, and makes things with her hands. She has work published, or forthcoming, in Moonchild Magazine, Coven Editions, Cauldron Anthology, L’Éphémère Review, and Hustling Verse, among others. Follow her adventures on twitter @amazon_syren.


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