Word Count:\u00a0 154<\/p>\n

Some summer nights now I lay down under the moon in the cucumber patch. Feel the tiny prickles of their stems on bare skin. Feel the soft leaves like hands on my body, caressing my breasts.<\/p>\n

In the moonlight the tall cornstalks shadow my bed, like a lover waiting to enter. It\u2019s a soft blue-gray phantom that springs from my memories of youth.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t just a dream I\u2019ve been having. Since the tumor was felt in my belly. Since it\u2019s spread its long fingers into my womb.<\/p>\n

One of these nights I will bring with me the knife, the one that I use to gather bouquets of zinnias that border the garden. Their bright colors tinged dusky with the moon\u2019s paler light. I will close my eyes, fall asleep in the warm night air. In the arms of my lover I will bleed out my life, like soft summer rain into soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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