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January 15th, 2026
by Vladyslava Manuilenko
Red trails down my shirt
Where the most recent iteration
Of foreign sun kissed me.
Pudgy, pink guts fall from my lips,
Onto wanton pages – into eager ears.
Long limbs stuffed to the brim
With screams – bursting at the seams.
I try to wipe myself clean of sin,
But all I can do
Is draw chemical sunsets from memory.
About the Poet
Vladyslava Manuilenko resides in Vienna, Austria.
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on Vladyslava Manuilenko's Artist Page.
This poem is also featured in Comet #7, published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library.
Keywords: poetic impulses, memory
Previously published in Europe Poetry Magazine:
Unexpected
by Lynn White
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