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Excommunication
Taylor Franson-Thiel
I gallowed my wrists
on the blade of his yoke.
His vow to me a preordained
severance that taught me
there are many ways to love
a millstone. Take its fingers
and press tender to neck.
My pulse, a swirling fish
hook-hungry. Hole in lip like
a holy text only he could read.
I hope his new wife finds
my poetry and loves it. I hope
he tells her I was a dog
he had to put down.
Taylor Franson-Thiel is the assistant poetry editor for phoebe and EIC of BRAWL. She is the author of the debut collection Bone Valley Hymnal (2025).
Find her at taylorfranson-thiel.com, @taylorfranson on Twitter/X, @taylorfthiel on Instagram, and @taylorftheil.bsky.social on Bluesky.
