by Tim Frank
As I die
Tell the Aldi checkout girl
I visualised her lips
Wrapped around the clouds
In satin shades of blue.
I was an angel on her shoulder,
I traced her every step.
Her nails scarred my tongue
And slid down my throat.
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Tim Frank's work has been published in Bending Genres, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Maudlin House, The Forge Literary Magazine, The Metaworker and elsewhere. He has been nominated for Best Small Fictions and 2x Best of the Net. His debut chapbook is An Advert Can Be Beautiful in the Right Shade of Death (C22 Press ’24); his sophomore effort is Delusions to Live By (Alien Buddha Press ’25). Twitter: @TimFrankquill.
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