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by Kelli Simpson

I’m a lesser Bible
verse – you
are a blackbird.
I am haunted –
you’re the homicide
that happened here.
Books of witching
wither my nightstand.
Your book of Lorca
bruises the floor.
I’m a headstone.
You’re a footnote.
Nothing more.

Kelli Simpson is a poet and former teacher based in Norman, Oklahoma. Her work has appeared in Lamplit Underground, Green Ink Poetry, One Art Poetry Journal, The MockingHeart Review, and elsewhere.