Stick your tongue through

my smiling mouth

Wrong-headed bull of a man

steeped in my poison

I admire black widows

praying mantises

Any creature that eats raw

Claire Rychlewski is a writer living in Chicago. Her chapbook, Born to Rot, was published in 2022 by Bottlecap Press. Her work has appeared in The Portland Review, Blush Lit, Witch Craft Magazine and Hot Pink Mag, among other publications.