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Ethel

Ethel

Scott Ferry

small intestine (taiyang)

a young woman asks me to open again

i barely remember trust
i find traces folded and
forgotten—rings of cyan
in coils of copper

words i speak but don’t
believe

but she speaks first—vulnerable
pulling a tapeworm out
with each soft promise

Scott Ferry helps our Veterans heal as a RN. He has recent work in American Journal of Poetry, Misfit, Cultural Weekly, and many more. He has 2 books: The only thing that makes sense is to grow (Moon Tide 2020) and Mr. Rogers Kills Fruit Flies (Main St. Rag 2020). More of his work can be found at ferrypoetry.com.