HORRIFIC CONFECTION by Juliet Cook - BlazeVOX

twin
kissy-faced twin, pouty-mouthed twin, open-headed twin,
twisty-fingered twin, potty-mouthed twin, twin of ill repute,
twin after my own heart, twin with wet red lips, twin chewing
gristle into misshapen pearls, twin who grates flesh
in with the lemon zest, twin of burnt apple brown betty,
twin of caramelized yellowjacket, twin of baker’s twine straitjacket,
twin of linked hands chopped apart, twin who leaves loose strings
dangling from buttonholes, loopholes, cherry pieholes, smelt
butter sculpture twin, melting, melting, fingers so soft
will soon sizzle, twin of tiny hot geysers, unstoppered,
unholy holy twin, draining, draining into porcelain basins,
into Cool Whip containers into which pink baby mice are curled,
frozen for snake food, twin of pointed teeth and ornate teething ring,
twin of vintage lace holding bones in place, twin who glazed the wishbone
with bronze paint before she removed the meat, twin of Rorschach-shaped
grease splotches, twin of lopsided levitation, listing to the wrong side
of imaginary tracks, twin furiously filling out index cards, filing, filing,
iron filings & filthy little nail clippings & musty loverat shavings
of the dreambeast who rumbles and blurts and barbs in her belly,
twin of kitten rag doll with only the back declawed,
twin of mordants & portents & fondue party mishaps,
misplaced skewers and musical chairs, twin destroying angel,
twin of amanita disguised as champignons, twin of insecticide
garbling the voicebox, twin with hot meteor searing a hole in her tongue
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