lifeinpoetry:

“DON’T WANT TO COMPARE MY BODY TO PLACES OF FEAR, ANYMORE, OR VIOLENCE. A BOMB SITE, A CAR CRASH, THE CAGE WHERE PIT DOGS LICK THEIR WOUNDS BETWEEN FIGHT AFTER FIGHT AFTER FIGHT. WOULD RATHER NOT BE A HOUSE SLATED FOR DEMOLITION, OR THE WRECKING BALL, OR A TEAM OF DESPERATE MEN WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS.”

— m. mccoy, from “PULLING TEETH,” ASH YEAR