Everything but the Bones by Fia Montero. Number 4 in our Allison Joseph Series.

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Publication:  July 13, 2025 [100 copies]
21 pages
ISBN 978-1-960693-26-6
$ 12.00

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Fia Montero is a writer from Des Moines, Iowa. She holds degrees  in studio art and pre-medical science. Her poetry has appeared in Harbor Review, the minnesota review, Passengers Journal, and others. This is her first chapbook.

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Swell

Now, at last
the swollen sky splits
open. A quick flash, then
the cracking of bone on bone.
If you ask me, I will deny wanting
more than the sky can give. If you ask me,
I will put the moon in my mouth and suck
and suck until my lips pucker rosebud-tight.
When did it get so hard to separate love from loss?
As if the ache of absence were stored in my cells like
a violet blossom pressed between the pages of a book.

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