Bible Belt Bruises

by Kristina Dover

CW Violence, Religion, Graphic Imagery

Righteously wrong women rip 

Their wrists on dirty holy 

Handkerchiefs, 

Their daughters, poppy girls with 

Ponytails, are pulled and punished 

By the neck, 

Blinded with blurry bloody blots 

With black and blue piss, I cry 

Out Amen.

Noun: Kristina (she/her), refers to a girl from Swamp Florida that loves dogs, poetry, and manufactured serotonin. You can find a wild Kristina at St John’s College, finishing her bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts.