all things unholy

Image Source, Annie Spratt (Unsplash)

leave the table before the host

swallow the shards of glass from the broken cup

pluck the petals from a tulip

one at a time

drown in a hotel bathtub

feel the last breath of a bird

in the palm of your hand

and photograph it later

and bury it later.

step on the lines that divide the floors

leave your slippers turned inside out

don’t knock on wood three times

don’t knock on wood three times

accidentally poison a plant

accidentally kill a rabbit

wake up with bloodstained sheets.

by Lavínia Vianini

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Lavínia is a 25 year-old poet, translator and teacher. With a Bachelor's degree in English/Portuguese, her Academic research focused on poetry written by women, which later allowed her to be offered a scholarship in Comparative Literature.

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