My Neighbor, Who Has A Mail-Order Bride

BY LITUO HUANG.

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Gosling-waddling,
skinned peach eyeballs
in a blown-glass bulb
lodged atop a golem of clay.

His wife: horizontal smile on a brown ghost.
His words: splinter in my throat.

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Lituo Huang writes in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in JMWW, Bosie Magazine, the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable, and elsewhere. You can follow her on Twitter @LituoH.