Final bag unwinds
its tight spiral, coaxed open
in the kitchen can.
These white layers took longer
to peel away than marriage.
Ziggy Edwards edits the online zine Uppagus, among other things. Her poems and short stories have appeared in publications including 5 AM, Grasslimb, yawp magazine, Illumen, and Dreams & Nightmares. Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange published her first chapbook, Hope’s White Shoes, in 2006.
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