Cannibal Queen
poetry • #7
By Janet Ruhe-Schoen
"Famously!" she said,
        "we get along
                         famously."

"Famished," she said,
        "I am
                         famished."

Then she ravenously ate
                him with whom she
got along so
                famously,

because she was
                        famished.

And then she was
                        finished.
Janet Ruhe-Schoen is a journalist, biographer, poet and fiction writer. Her published biographies include Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Táhirih (19th Century Iranian human rights martyr, foremother of current heroes). She’s published poetry and fiction in various journals/zines.

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