Gummy Bear

By Sarah Hecker

I wish you’d bite

my head off first,

so I’d at least be

shown some mercy

before you chew me

up and spit me out,

deciding that the color

that first enticed you

was not the flavor

you thought.

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Sarah Hecker is a writer from Dayton, Ohio, who has had several previous publications in Sphere.

Featured art: Drowning by Olivia White