LAST VISIT TO THE TAXIDERMY COLLECTION
i could trick you
into thinking that they're still
breathing, resting peacefully
it's easy to sew the body
in a pose but the eyes
have to be shut, lids glued
it would be less convincing
if they stared back:
human eyes, tricky to work with
Tara Skurtu's YouTube video reading of "last visit to the taxidermy collection":
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Angelina confesses: "My aim for this poem was to slowly unsettle the reader with each line until finally coming to a close. It is inspired by indie horror films and my unrelenting fear of mannequins."
ANGELINA MITESCU is a Romanian poet and high school student. Their recent work is published in Molecule.
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