JESSICA HERON

Domestic Bliss

I will not do the dishes today.

Tiny bubbles in my vagina

are popping.

You swore to cure it.

You went out but didn't get me shit at the store.

I ate chips and chocolate for breakfast.

My stomach hurts. I'm so thirsty.

I really don’t wanna wash the glasses.

Don’t you know

I’m undermedicated?

I went to bed at noon

in my robe and braless

holding my phone.

You’ve been away. I’ve been diseased.

We’re sharing. That’s important.

You never promised to love me

but I swore I heard it.

Unlike hunger, thirst is silent.

Daisies

after Daisies, a film by Věra Chytilová, 1966

Stay in the same place long enough you’ll see yourself become the victim.

Villain? ????

stay in the system woman-

the providers provide

the provided pro vide (vide:imperative:look:

Shoulder Everything

Remember Atlas?

FORGET FORGET FORGET! IT NEVER HAPPENED! CLEAN UP TIME!

clip your strings

tumble down

dust yourself off

step outside

cut your hair, strands of hair, strands, each strand, cut off

cut lines, cut scene, en fin

*blink* *blink*

SCISSORS!

shiny metal things mmmm

cut bits into smaller bits into smaller bits into smaller bits into smaller bits into smaller bits eat

everything, did you swallow?

there is no other way for this to end

Jessica Heron is a writer living on the Atlantic coast. She studies language, film, and poetry but is interested in everything. You can find out more about her including a full list of publications at jessicaheronpoetry.com and follow her as @signature_trash on social media.