NOSEBLEED

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ERA PASQUALE

i’m on top of the bridge.

the bridge is inside me.

the bridge likes my blazer

and my white tee.

the bridge is trembling

under me. i mean, you’re

strong, you’re so strong,

baby.  you aren’t scared

of anything. when i cough,

you open your mouth wide.

you want everything.

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Era Pasquale lives in Oregon and edits Dreck. Find their writing in Burial, The Bulb Region, Some Words, and MCRB,