by Mary Lou Buschi

She said she knew how hard it was—

kite of knives pushing through

lactiferous ducts,

but she doesn’t.

Nothing has ever left her

with that much rage. Nothing inside her

ringing to get out.

Mary Lou Buschi’s collections of poetry include the full-length Awful Baby (2015) and the chapbooksTight Wire (2016), Ukiyo-e (2014), and The Spell of Coming (or Going) (2013). Her poems have appeared in many journals such as Radar, Willow Springs, Thrush, Dream Pop, and Field, among others.