H.C. Bending
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H.C. Bending is a writer from Brooklyn, New York. Her work has appeared in HASH Journal and The Bangalore Review.
funeral for small bones
your mother’s words are birthed
from the mouth of a gun
your baby teeth kept in the crooked
drawer of her nightstand
the canines and incisors twinkle when
the floor shakes
when her footsteps pound
the hardwood like a hammer
recollect every bone
broken by cruel hands
and keep a requiem for
your ligaments
buried in
your pocket
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