Poetry By Leah Mueller

Matthew Bellemare CC




Scorpio Moon 
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If my adversaries
disappeared,
my life would
not be easier,
 
because I’d
be deprived of
Growth Experiences.
 
I tell myself
all manner
of bullshit
to keep my mind
from detonation. 
 
What
do I learn
from trauma?
 
How to attract
more trauma,
so I can learn
some more.
 
Like paying bills
and housecleaning,
there is no end to it.
 
Eventually, I will
expire in my sleep,
if I’m lucky.
 
If not, I’ll
fight like hell
to hold on
a little while longer
 
to my trauma, since
I have never known
anything else.




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Leah Mueller's work appears in Rattle, NonBinary Review, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Citron Review, The Spectacle, New Flash Fiction Review, Atticus Review, Your Impossible Voice, etc. She is a 2022 nominee for both Pushcart and Best of the Net. Leah's flash piece, "Land of Eternal Thirst" appears in the 2022 edition of Best Small Fictions. Her two newest books are "The Failure of Photography" (Garden Party Press, 2023) and "Widow's Fire" (Alien Buddha Press, 2023). Website: http://www.leahmueller.org.