Between Pages — Evocations

Jan 22

Jan 22 Between Pages

by Holly Peckitt

Art by Barbara Candiotti

I don’t want to talk about you but

Your entrance to my story

creases worn paper

and cracks paperback spines.

I am worn from your usage

Hoping you’ll never check me out again.

I don’t want to talk about you but

You lurk in my pages

Whispered between the lines

The empty marginalia of your promises

I am worn from your usage

Hoping you’ll never check me out again.

I don’t want to talk about you but

You are the dog teeth that pierced my papery skin.

You are carved into the ink that

Controls my narrative

And I hope that you’ll never check me out again.