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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

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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.

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