I deserve kindness I don’t deserve to be fucked in the mouth  | Shelby Hartness

gently, on the 

countertop

he gets the gun out 

& chooses the wrong 

bullet.

There is no story 

that does not involve 

someone else’s eyes 

on you.

I put my hand 

down my mouth,

my head says grace

will come of it.

Shelby Hartness is a writer and poet living in Half Moon Bay, CA. Her work has appeared in passerby, The Skirt Chronicles, SPECTRA, & WONDER Press, among others.