and honey stains on white t-shirts attract ants
You look so peaceful tonight
While two cockroaches rest atop
Your eyelids shut, you are

Next to me, snoring
While I lust for
The other woman
I barely knew

You are loud in your sleep
Scaring the roaches
Down the bridge of
Your crooked nose

and I am alone
Remembering the morning
When we moved into this house
Gnats sucked the sweat
Shine from your legs
Until they had their fill

They drowned in you
I watched them, motionless
Freckle your creamy skin
I barely knew

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Zachary C. Bush, 24, is a writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and book reviews. He lives in Statesboro, Georgia. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in many journals throughout the independent press. His first chapbook, Outside the Halfway House, was released this past summer by Scintillating Publications. The chap can be purchased through Scintillating's site and/or at Quimby's Bookstore in Chicago, IL. He is currently working on what may turn out to be his first full-collection of poetry. He is also planning to move to New York City this coming winter.