Girls crammed
between small
walls & fogged
windows tilt
their heads
to the ceiling
thinking hallelujah
with a handle
of Skyy vodka
pressed tight
to their mouths
& in the next
room over a girl
is convulsing
on the floor
& people are
stepping over
her like she isn’t
there & as more
people come
the DJ turns
the volume up
while her mouth
foams like a beer
no one cares
to stomach
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Matthew Feinstein is a neurodivergent poet from Tracy, California. He is currently pursuing an MFA at Randolph College. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in HAD, Heavy Feather Review, Drunk Monkeys, Rejection Letters, and elsewhere. He is the founding editor of Plum Recruit.
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image: MM Kaufman
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