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Published Poems

"Chicken Skin," "Sweet Tummy," and more!

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Eva Langston
Apr 11, 2023
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Chicken Skin

The old hag, alone in the candy cottage,

stood at her sink separating a chicken.

Ripping open the legs,

she revealed a compote of innards

that smelled of sweat and slime.

She read her future i…

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