You’re right!
We DO need to end this—
But first,
give me a hand
with this package…

What’s in the box?
A few nick-knacks
to put in storage:
a little of this,
yes—that, too—
but mostly
what’s left of you.

On The Many Uses of Duct Tape for Resolving Relationship Issues
originally published in Thirst #2 (July 2016)

Terrie Leigh Relf lives in Ocean Beach, which is in San Diego, CA. She is on staff at Sam's Dot Publishing, where she edits Hungur Magazine and The Drabble. She is the author of Blood Journey, a vampire novel co-authored with Henry Lewis Sanders; The Poet's Workshop--And Beyond; and two poetry collections, Jupiter's Eye and My Friend, The Poet, and Other Poems About People She Thinks She Knows. Terrie is a frequent contributor to Big Pulp.