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A diamond. Broken hand.
Blood pours from its nails.
A face, scratched, cut, looks up.
Truncheons smash its eyes.
Lids split open. Unable to see.
Diamonds drop. Unlined hands.
To a store on the coast.
A couple kisses each other.
Claims the diamond from a box.
A light radiates the facets.
Copyright 2023 by Donald Illich
Donald Illich’s work has appeared in literary journals such as Iowa Review, LIT, Nimrod, Passages North, Rattle, and Sixth Finch. His full-length manuscript, Chance Bodies, was published in 2018 by The Word Works. He is a writer-editor who lives and works in Rockville, Maryland.
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