grim,
by Edythe Rodriguez
Runestone, volume 5
Runestone, volume 5
grim,
by Edythe Rodriguez
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For him I swallow
pride sons teeth
Once, I let his
favorite rose wilt / left
crumbs on the marble
counter / ate
our reddest apple.
I slept on my beauty
until his midnight stroke
woke me:
a glass slipper to the
face.
Edythe Rodriguez
Temple University
Edythe Rodriguez is currently studying poetry and fricology at Temple University. She is a Philly-based writer poeticizing white supremacy and the US Afrikan experience.