ו , ז , ח by Cheryl Spinner

ו: There was a famine in the town. Raizel went to Ben-Yeti and inquired if it would be permissible to eat one’s paper and ink since that was all there was left. “Why, of course,” he answered, “Do what you must.”

“How should I ingest it?” She asked.

“Just open your lips and swallow.”
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water lashes at the windows
like fingers desperate for continuous stability
while our house shivers we grip music players,
tap screens to bring us voices,
spill emergency wine on our jeans
& guess if the sun has gone down.