The Split
Marie Howe
I.
She'd start the fires under the bed.
I'd put them out.
She'd take the broom stick and rape all the little girls.
I'd pull them aside, stroke their cheeks, and comfort them.
—How they would cry.
Brit would fight the German soldiers.
She'd crouch by the banister waiting for them
when I was too scared.
And sometimes, she would push me farther into the back woods than I wanted to go
But I was glad she did.
She was mean and she liked it.
She'd take off her clothes and dance in front of the mirror and she'd say things and she'd swear.
She'd laugh at the crucifix, turn him upside down and watch him hang.
And she'd unhinge that piece of metal cloth between his legs
and run when she heard somebody coming
leaving me.
Mean as she was, I miss her.
Only twice have I heard her laugh since then.
Once, lying on my back in a yellow field,
I heard something that sounded like me in the back of my head
but it was Brit,
and just now, making love with you, it's hard to tell you
but I heard her laugh.
II.
It began as a fear.
There was something, not me, in the room.
And translated into a dumbfounding
forgetfulness
that stopped me on the street
puzzling
over what year it was, what month.
I began to watch my feet carefully.
Nevertheless, I suffered
accidents.
The bread knife sliced my thumb
repeatedly
the water glass shattered on the kitchen floor
and in its breaking there was a low laugh.
Looking up, I saw no one
but felt the old cat stretch inside me
feigning indifference.
Marie, I'd hear in a crowd, Marie
the air so thick with ghosts it was hard
breathing.
One afternoon, the trucks were humming like vacuum cleaners
in the rain.
It was impossibly lonely,
No one but me there:
I called out Brit, the city is burning,
Brit, the soldiers are coming
and she laughed so sudden and loud I turned
and saw her for one second
all insolent grace, pretending
she wasn't loving me.
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I FINALLY got to doing some more Undertale Yellow fanart, since I know folks have been asking for it! There were so many cute characters, it was hard to pick out some things...
Ed always ends up carrying the whole Feisty Team!
Wanda is fine, don't worry
I like how a running theme with Undertale robots is one wheel and Mickey Mouse gloves
Young Dalv with Kanako have a scary encounter!
A couple Cerobas Going Through It
Micro Froggit!!!
I haven't played the no mercy route, but I had to draw Zenith Martlet because that design was just so kickass
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