Water on Fire

By Kelly McNeal

Crazy is that
Feeling

Everything is fine
And you explode

A match not
Lighting a candle

Then detonating
In water

You smirking
Like that’s normal

Kelly McNeal lives and works in New Jersey. She has a Ph.D. from Fordham University. Her current or forthcoming publications appear in Rat’s Ass Review, Front Porch Review, Slink Chunk Press, Crack the Spine Magazine and Yellow Chair Review.

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