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    kiss your teethlick away the excess nicotinechase your addictionsreplace them all with meeyes on me darlingfocus upkiss mekiss mekiss me spit your whiskey and shit beer back into my mouthwe can drown togetherbring out the worst in each otherlet our love be expressed in screams and scratcheseyes on us loveburn…

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  • The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. Maclean – Book Review

    The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. Maclean – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Aila’s childhood dream of conserving critically endangered phoenixes seems closer than ever. There’s just one glaring caveat: her zoo’s breeding program hasn’t…

  • Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer – Book Review

    Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – When thirty-year-old post-double-mastectomy BRCA 1 carrier and reluctant thrill-seeker Alison Mullally arrives at her ex-boyfriend Sam’s funeral to find that no one…

  • Stars and Scars

    Stars and Scars

    You turned my scars into constellationsTracing invisible lines between the marks of my past Using your lips to kiss my deepest painTerraforming the landscape of…

  • Strange Folk by Alli Dyer – Book Review

    Strange Folk by Alli Dyer – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Lee returns to her estranged, magical family in Appalachia, where a conjuring meant to protect the community may have summoned something sinister.…

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I’m Kim, the writer behind the curtain so to speak. I read and review books, write poetry, and sometimes write blogs about my life.