I pour myself in
full and thick
like the syrup left from poaching pears
rich with cinnamon
star anise in my hair.
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Hester J. Rook is an Australian writer and co-editor of Twisted Moon magazine, a magazine of speculative erotic poetry (twistedmoonmag.com). She has previous prose and poetry publications in Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine, Liminality Magazine, Strangelet and others. She’s on Twitter @kitemonster and you can find her other work on her site hesterjrook.wordpress.com.
I pour myself in
full and thick
like the syrup left from poaching pears
rich with cinnamon
star anise in my hair.