Nerve by Christine Wu © 2014. Christine Wu is a habitual trouble maker and professional rule breaker. Stylistically, her work is multi-layered with haunting and sexual undertones. She often depicts people in flux, capturing the vulnerability of self discovery and the lingering ghosts of memories best left to the past. Miss Wu lives in the land of the lotus-eaters and paints in a bear suit while listening to car alarms. You can see more here and follow her on Twitter

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Relationship by Lauren Dye

My torso is scabby

I try to open my chest, dig nails in

Tear it apart

Let you see my affection infestation

You stick tape over it and turn away

 

I talk to you of my desires

As we walk through

Rat shit dust that blows up as they scurry

Through half devoured wire fences

Bleeding from habitual scratches

 

I lay and wait for you

And wait for you

And wait for you

To turn to me and notice

You begin softly snoring names of tomorrow

 

My cunt is restless

I always miss you until you’re here

Pluck petals from my hair

Ugly wilted decoration

Shove them in my chest cavity wait for them to bloom

 

You watch a movie with a naked goddess

Stick your dick inside my carcass

I pretend to enjoy it

The stitches tear from my chest wound

You turn over and I take out my needle to make repairs

Lauren Dye is currently completing an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Teesside.  Her work has a focus on how bodies and emotion can be represented through language. She is hoping to get her first poetry collection published in the near future. You can find out more about her on her blog, or here. 

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