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Hashtag Cherry Pit Slut

Frankie Baker

HASHTAG CHERRY PIT SLUT

the cherub drumroll always ignites
but how does one wield a blowtorch
bestowed by angels?

i’m not interested
in the magnanimity of beauty
i’m interested in ashes

//gimme
a smooth mound instead

reverse cowgirl is the color
when I brush my teeth at night
and hear the cherry extinguish
as it hits the water’s surface

Frankie is a bad poet with even worse tattoos based in NYC. Their work explores chronic

romantic disappointment & bodily discomfort against a backdrop of humor & the cyber

quotidian. They have been punished in MISTRESS; No Dear Magazine, issue 23; and Dirt Child,

Vol 1. You can find them on Instagram @31_percent_angel and Twitter @31percentangel.