I’m easier to manage in bitesize chunks by Zoë Davis

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references to blood, knives, violence

[56 words]

under nightshade we hold hands / kiss with foxgloved mouths / panting poison sweat 
becomes slick poetry / I sell myself to you / before moonlit shopfront I am an apple
  alone 
a pomegranate bleeding / a thousand eyes / mark me / with your hands / set price 
or indent flesh / some primal claim / upon keen thickness / tattooed thigh / the knife goes 
in 


Zoë Davis is an emerging writer from Sheffield, England. A quality engineer in advanced manufacturing by day, she spends her evenings and weekends writing poetry and prose, and especially enjoys exploring the interaction between the fantastical and the mundane, with a deeply personal edge to her work. You can find her words in publications such as: Ink Sweat & Tears, Strix, Roi Fainéant, Dust and Red Ogre Review. You can also follow her on X @MeanerHarker where she’s always happy to have a virtual coffee and a chat.

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