ghost-girl crumple of the petalled body
its crush, its bloat, its crying swell,
the supine spine snapped
to its stark stretched husk
that cavity that cavalier horror
of the body, its theology belonging
to a carved craven beast
salivating, strewn into a pucker
of blooming animal agony still
panting that bright gasp of that
stabbing swollen pustule of pain
the tender tripping jerk of knee to rib
to tight curl of shuddering hip
and the flank sticky with sweat so
fetal, so fatal this taut brittle terror
of this empty room this empty
bloodied bloodless womb
Chloe Ho (she/her) is a Singaporean writer who enjoys dabbling in poetry and prose. Her pieces have previously been featured in The Amazine, (s)crawl magazine and Four Tulips Magazine, amongst others. She serves as an editor at the literary magazine Inklink (@projectinklink), and more of her work can be found on her Instagram @vizscribbles.
