
We Eat And Eat
By Mykyta Ryzhykh
we eat and eat
jugs of touch pierce us mortally therefore
we eat and eat loneliness
the skin bursts and the worms begin to take over the body but
we eat and eat emptiness
time stops and again delays our deadlines
we eat and eat for minutes
disasters wars elements and diseases are devouring the planet
and we still eat and eat
coffee for one gets cold in a hotel room (this is how dislove works)
we eat and eat hearts
alcohol floods the rainy eyelids of memory and return
we eat and eat snow
frozen wounds crystal sing about the spittle of the future flowing from the walls
we eat and eat indistinguishable sounds
the drinking has long since ended and all the rivers have dried up and are overgrown with the cotton candy of madness
we eat and eat dreams
skeletons teach their bodies to sleep
we eat and eat our own bones

Mykyta Ryzhykh is an author from Ukraine, now living in Tromsø, Norway. Nominated for Pushcart Prize 2023, 2024. Published many times in literary magazines Ñ–n Ukrainian and English: Tipton Poetry Journal, Stone Poetry Journal, Neologism Poetry Journal and many others. His chapbook tombboy (Lоst Telegram press) was released in April.