Deer Woman in the Dining Room

                    antlers bud blood-pink     twelve points rise with woman pain                     always the escaped                     smell of iron and shame             I stain serve sore at table in apron whites              pour wine                     fork meat diners         finger silver knives around this heartbeat                     centerpiece                     of one’s own rack thorned and tender the curious read my roses there                     a dozen              tines hardened […]