How to Talk to Predators About Responsibility
Did you
leave the ashes smoldering
the way a god would
glide from off the slab
of a girl he’s ravished
belly full
of sleep and meat’s
drippings?
Lily Beaumont is a freelance curriculum and study guide developer currently living in Central Texas. Her creative work has appeared in publications including Open Minds Quarterly, Young Ravens Literary Review, and Rise Up Review; she was also recently featured as a winner of four lines’ quarterly poetry challenge.
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