Jezebel.II

How could you rejoice
when one,
Diverging of faith,
Died?

What happiness did you find
knowing
And believing
What you did?

That the dead’s soul
An undying piece of them
A shred of humanity
A necessarily cognizant port
Experienced now in both pain and anguish

Will Languish.

Justice

Justice is a beast,

Scaly--

Swift with teeth,

Seducing widows--
and widowers and the palls of passed children--

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Spine arched,

claws unsheathed with
Songs
and
Shrieks to

Fill the empty places
Left by those

Who believe

more in greater beasts.

Heather is a secondary teacher in the Arkansas Delta. She holds Bachelor's in English from the University of the Ozarks, and served as a staff member and editor of the University's Literary Magazine for three years.