hachi no hito sashi
One Who Stings as a Bee
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Tenderness provokes,
as a switch on knucklebones,
a biting temper.
In visceral play
we absorb each other’s tongues,
unable to stop.
All our wounds in front;
It is because we are friends
that I fight like the devil.
Author Bio:
Catori Sarmiento is an author who has contributed fiction to Nothing. No One. Nowhere. by Virgogrey Press, The Citron Review, Brick Rhetoric, Foliate Oak Magazine, and Crossed Out Magazine. She has also contributed non-fiction to Her Kind and This Boundless World and several academic essays published by Student Pulse. Ms. Sarmiento also has had poetry in numerous publications including serving as a featured author in The Fukushima Poetry Anthology. Professionally, She is an English and Writing Professor in Tokyo, Japan. Learn more at: http://catorisarmiento.com