Haley King

Continued Survival

Green satin glides across the body of something
once alive. The leg muscles contract to move forward
carrying the carcass and everything that sits
on it. Empty eyes sit in the sockets where a person once was.
Bones are covered in muscles surrounded by blood, and it’s all hidden
by skin. I remember hearing you
say you wanted to live; I get it now.

Haley King is a current student at Salisbury University minoring in Creative Writing, and this is her first publication. Her work explores the uncomfortable tensions of loss.