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By: Lydian Cochran

i crave what i can’t reach.
burn me into an iris
i want the sun to love me

what is a god anyway?
these cicadas are singing all wrong

boil my bones
i’ll hold this family together

to be eaten is the greatest form of love
i keep my family well fed
snap my ribs off one by one
i want to hear it again

when i die i want to come back as a tornado
humans fear the flood
but the animals fear the wind

i am the greatest hunger that has ever dared to live.