Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Shauna

"She says she wants to know me..."

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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