‘Break Appetit’
What is there to eat when the food runs out?
Pad your stomach with the briny gruel of rage.
What is there to feel when hunger gnaws at feeling?
Chisel your nerves in the comfort of numbness.
Does human flesh taste like survival?
My, what big teeth you have.
‘eyes’
they
took
my
eyes
they
took
them
oh
god
my
eyes
please
god
why
there’s
nothing
there’s
nothing
i
can’t
see
nothing
please
my
eyes
are
gone
how
will
i
see
you
how
will
i
know
the
morning
has
come
how
will
i
live
without
my
eyes
i
cannot
cry
i
cannot
mourn
them
where
do
they
lie
where
did
you
put
my
eyes
you
fiend
you’ve
hijacked
them
skulked
around
and
snatched
them
when
did
you
put
me
under
your
spell
when
did
you
reach
into
my
skull
and
pull
them
out
one
by
one
by
one
the
first
the
second
the
third
my
eyes
oh
god
Zoe Petersen is an emerging writer and artist living on Dharawal Country. Her work gravitates toward the comical and fantastical across all forms of fiction. She was featured as both an author and editor in TIDE Anthology’s Volume 12 Issue 2, proofread for BlueRookies’ comics and has been involved in voluntary work for Spineless Wonders and The South Coast Writers Centre.
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