scrapping stains
off of bathroom tiles
we ripped apart
the remaining potential
we had,
and then we drank
all night
to cauterize
the wound.
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Giovanni Mangiante is a poet from Lima, Peru. He has work published in Anti-Heroin Chic, Heroin Love Songs, Rat’s Ass Review, Three Rooms Press, Horror Sleaze Trash, The Raven Review, Cajun Mutt Press, Crêpe & Penn, Open Minds Quarterly, and more. He has upcoming work in Newington Blue Press, and The Daily Drunk. In writing, he found a way to cope with BPD.
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