when the house is quiet, when your mind wanders, when your mind whispers
loved not be loved not be loved
by Amy Williams
you will lower
you will lover
you will loner
you will hunger
you will mourner
you will winter
you will daughter
you will sinner
you will sister
you will slaughter
you will drifter
you will cancer
you will falter
you will specter
you will shoulder
you will bother
you will scavenger you
will disorder
motherfucker
you will honeycreeper you
will prayer you will fortune
you will cover his lying mouth
you will voyeur you will wander
you will violent laughter you won’t
matter you won’t mother
you will light a candle to watch
it burn you disaster hear me
when I say falter cancer drifter
slaughter lover unlover disorder
you will not be loved loved loved
loved not be loved not be loved
not be
loved not be loved not be loved
not be loved not be loved not be
loved not be loved not be loved
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loved not be loved not be loved
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loved not be not loved be loved
not be not loved be loved not be
loved not be not loved be loved
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loved not be not loved be loved
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loved not be not loved be loved
not be not loved be loved not be
loved not be not loved be loved
not be not be loved
Amy Williams is a writer and educator based in New Delhi. Her poems have appeared in West Trade Review, Rust + Moth, Bodega Magazine, The Shore, Redivider, Sweet Tree Review and Contrary Magazine.
