Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 06, 2026

Shauna

By John Tustin

Shauna

She says she wants to know me
Where nothing is to know.
She says she wants to grow me
In soil where nothing grows.

She says she wants attention
And that love is there for taking.
I will ask for absolution:
Hearts are made for breaking.







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