Previously published in Disquiet Arts

Why would you buy me roses
when you need only find them, hook your fingers
underneath and pull?
You could deflower me all at once like that
but you give each of them your time

And the hairs on my arms
stand up like the angry grass
waiting for our first steps
down there on God’s Green Earth

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Palaces P. (She/her)
Palaces in the editor-in-chief of‭ ‬Wrongdoing Magazine‭ ‬and an editor at a few other publications‭, ‬including‭ ‬CHEAP POP‭ ‬and‭ ‬Walled Woman Magazine‭. ‬She’s also a staff contributor for‭ ‬The Aurora Journal‭, ‬Hecate Magazine‭, ‬and‭ ‬The Jupiter Review‭ ‬and has further placed work in‭ ‬Eclectica Magazine‭, ‬Maudlin House‭, ‬BlazeVOX‭, ‬Witch Craft Magazine‭, ‬The Bitchin’‭ ‬Kitsch‭, ‬and others‭. ‬She has a BAH from Queen’s‭ University and is currently sending queries about her book series‭.‬