Poetry by Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

                 ​Timo Newton-Syms CC



the feast (part one)
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the monster climbs on top of you
and you let it
place the pillow over your head

it’s a game 
the monster coos 

but in your mind you know
there is no game 





dilate 

at times
the only comfort 
i had
was the shadow 
in my bed 





the feast (part two)

the monster 
has a skin suit and tie 

the monster
pays its bills on time 

but the monster
only desires

your pre-
pubescent flesh 





resignation 

i told the shadow
come closer 

what else could i 
call home?
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Tiffany Shaw-Diaz is a Pushcart Prize and Dwarf Stars Award nominee who also works as a professional visual artist. Her poetry has been featured in Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, Bones, NHK World Haiku Masters, The Mainichi, and more than 100 other publications. Her chapbooks include: says the rose (Yavanika Press 2019), filth (Proletaria 2020), and tyranny of the familiar (Yavanika Press 2020). You can find her on Instagram and Twitter via @tiffanyshawdiaz or through her website: www.tiffanyshawdiaz.com.

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