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“Vera Zukoski”

“Vera Zukoski”

Editor’s Note: Kerry Arquette’s book of poems, War Cries: Unheard Voices, Unmarked Graves is now available for pre-order here.

I was gifted

With ebony hair

And sapphire eyes.

My body was ripe and round,

Wrapped in milky skin.

That made the soldiers groan

And grab and—moan.

I was gifted

With silver brushes

Crimson flowers and fruit

Juices dripped from my chin.

Milky chocolates plumped breasts

That heaved and swayed

As music danced—played.

I was gifted

With seductive magic

That turned the villagers envy green.

They tied my hair

To the tail of a horse.

And drove it onward

With jeers and laughter

Here to sleep forever—after.

Insanity.

Vanity.

Kerry Arquette
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