Out both of us by Palaces P.

please

understand i can’t let out my feelings—

they’ll grow a new skin without me

snakes in the grass like red in the face

mouths leap into blood

and you’re scared

you’re scared all the way in

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Palaces (she/her) is Editor-in-Chief of Wrongdoing Magazine, Staff Contributorat The Aurora Journal, Hecate Magazine, and The Jupiter Review, and Editor elsewhere. She has a BAH from Queen’s University, and she’s placed work in Eclectica Magazine, Maudlin House, Witch Craft Magazine,and many others. Find her at pascalepotvin.com or @pascalepalaces on Twitter.