Shei Sanchez
Rupture, A Definition
noun
that percolating sensation born
right in the center of the gut,
where a clock-shaped bruise
pulses like a ravaged wound
ready to burst
from an unrepentant heat
magmafying beneath
until a petulant purple
ooze coats the surface,
catalyzing the angst
of a country not ready
to face its worst fear—
real change.
verb1
to froth from within
so as to brew a mythology
of mistrust
verb2
to burgeon by flooding
the dark with cascades
of waking light
—Submitted on 01/07/2021
Shei Sanchez‘s poems and prose have appeared in Sheila-Na-Gig, Autumn Sky Daily, Harness Magazine, Common Threads, and What Rough Beast, as well as in the anthology Essentially Athens Ohio: A Celebration of Spoken Word and Fine Art (independently published, 2019). She lives on a farm in Appalachian Ohio with her partner.
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