Book I: Of Hunger Psalm I. The Starvation Game She starved at the table of touch. Every smile was rationed. She learned to chew absence, to swallow glances like crumbs. The hunger taught her that even neglect has calories. Psalm II. The Mouth as Wound The mouth opens for speech, but bleeds instead. Desire leaks, iron-tasting. A kiss is just a suture failing. What is voiced is not heard, what is heard is not held. Psalm III. Banquet of Absence We sit around a feast of plates. The cutlery gleams with nothing. We praise the spread of air, raise a toast to lack. Our bellies groan like choirs, our hollow becomes our hymn. Psalm IV. The Body as Empty House Her ribs are doorframes, her lungs the dusty halls. Every step echoes. She lies in bed with drafts for companions, the wallpaper peeling like memory. Hunger is not only of the stomach, but of the rooms no one enters. Psalm V. Communion of Ash They offered her bread that dissolved into soot. They poured her wine that tasted of vinegar and s...
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