Transmogrify

Elizabeth Helmich
2 min readFeb 16, 2018
From the original Battle Angel — source

What if I quartered you up
Like a grapefruit with my spoon,
Slicing between sweet and pith

As if I could eat one
Without your sour notes pinching
The back of my tongue

What would it feel like
To have me without
This flesh over this bone

The smooth place
Your thumbs rides between hip
Joint and thigh

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Elizabeth Helmich

Holes and a series of rabbits — my debut poetry collection — now available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089RRRGXX/