Sierra Nelson
Page 9
PSEUDOMORPH
A cloud of ink, similar in shape to the creature that emits it, that may serve as a decoy.
RECK: to care for
WRECK: a ruined ship
Little _______________ where she wanders.
If you choose reck, go to page 19.
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If you choose wreck, go to page 21.
Releasing a false body
my shadow emerges and
I am all
stun,
while she is all
a body
a dark
slipped off
She is dissolute,
the darkest part of
my shadowed veins,
my fear & flood
Without her I am only
half my heart
she is my
fevered shiver
Wave by wave
she dissipates
into a fall
I am fathom
from my body
I am beside myself
startle and
undone,
desire
of ink in water—
slip
but hovering.
as dire as
me—
my brine-black blood—
& faster.
flesh, apart—
half beat—
mirror & my heat
burning cold.
by fin by tentacle
dissolves
to the deep seafloor.
away.
