jolie

“she sees the dead man and she sees that I made him that way and her fists clench and she shudders like an earthquake

we meet for the first time

hello little slaughter

this is what a goddess looks like”
― Henry Hoke, Open Throat

“I think of all the nights we'll spend together

this man and his guts and me”
― Henry Hoke, Open Throat

“I have so much language in my brain

and nowhere to put it”
― Henry Hoke, Open Throat

“I'm the same color as my thicket and the same color as the ground

no one sees me unless I want them to”
― Henry Hoke, Open Throat