Threshold
love is
so fake
it makes me sick
what i really like
is
the way
you caress my face
just before
you slap me, the insane
tenderness of it
the first time you were afraid
you’d leave a mark
i’m not afraid
of anything
that’s my whole problem
Hedonic Adaptation
my favorite you
asleep
in your mother’s bed
wearing somebody else’s clothes
your favorite me
shimmering
shimmering
i think
i’ll be hungry
forever
with your crooked teeth stuck
in my perfect mouth
kneeling
breathing
call me
witness me
save me
bury me
forgive me
Nicola Maye Goldberg’s work has appeared in The Quietus, Witch Craft Magazine, Electric Cereal, and elsewhere. She lives in New York City, where she is working on a novel.
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