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The Sound and Fury

by Nicole Assenza

kill; cut the young buds with spirits
and smoke I still
stash my shots in girlish coffin
the confessional my closet
I serve a hungry god
and under his hand—
how would you say in another language, all slurs and spits—
I glory
cat-eyed, nine-lived in crimes and
passion stunts-- gasp golden and hematic
a blood love and my bullet’s bible
deliver the voice line strangled
tangled and bound
to keep it safe, and not too loud

01/30/2008

Author's Note: fret upon the stage

Posted on 01/30/2008
Copyright © 2025 Nicole Assenza

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 01/31/08 at 03:57 AM

So many great words and language in this, I don't even know where to begin. Badass all the way.

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