I trace spiderwebs 
through spilled ink

drawing myself back
from memory

the lines twist
at unexpected junctures

all this sketching creates the same face
with different teeth each time
Brianne Battye is the author of the chapbook wholehearted (845 Press) and contributed to the short story anthology Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights (Tor). Her poetry and short fiction appear in Coffin Bell, deathcap, Parentheses, Not Deer, and elsewhere. Brianne likes to write in a cozy corner nook. Her cat likes to look for ghosts in the walls.
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