Love Letter to My Alcoholism by Hannah Kludy

you barely remembered nights

nothing but strained

fluorescent lights

you extramarital lover

starter of fights

who rips clothing

and loses earrings

you held in delicate glass

your stem fragile

between my fingers

you undo me in seconds

make me wish

i believed in god

only so i could

pray you away

to someplace

as dark and heavy

as you make me

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Hannah Kludy (she/her) writes a bunch and cooks almost as much. Her work has been published in magazines such as All the Sins, apt, and 34th Parallel. She lives in Kansas City and spends her time irritating her husband and giving her dogs cream cheese. Twitter: @KludyHannah