A Spilling Angel

Emily Hizny

If I dig below my sunset scars 

maybe I’ll find the roots of their rays, 

starlit javelins with painful precision 

battling my skyline of sutures, 

stitches snipped and sculpted 

to halt the gushing gorge of sunshine, 

finally crafting a dam 

my flesh agreed to finish


Emily Hizny is a Creative Writing and Publishing & Editing double major at Susquehanna University lurking around Twitter as @OctoEmily. Her work has been featured in SU’s literary magazine RiverCraft as well as Ice Lolly Review, HOLYFLEA!, Clandestine Lit, The Birdseed, Headcanon Magazine, and Melbourne Culture Corner. In her free time, you can find her sewing, playing video games, and being a part-time octopus.


Issue 15

2022

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