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She Is Not 
by Alina Măciucă 

Her essence is sound, yet her essence is not;

She instills fear in the hearts of those who

Behold her,

For her presence is shaped by the sheer accuracy

And clarity of the notes spat out

By her father’s piano;

A tunneling hole gaped right between

Her eyes when a C sharp went missing,

And she grew an arm out

Of her thigh when a bunch of kids broke in

And stole the G flats.

Her essence is sound as witnessed only

By the dead, yet she is still discerned

By the living when their worlds

Make love to one another and fill

The inbetween with the rather

Dissonant

Tunes of their ceaseless mating dance.

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Fiction © Copyright Alina Măciucă
Image courtesy of  Pixabay.com

More about Alina Măciucă:

Alina Maciuca lives in Bucharest, which she loves to capture in highly imperfect photos. Sometimes, she posts those on her social media. She thrives in big cities and aeclectic communities, and her needs are often met during her travels. So far, her work has been published in Vastarien, Space and Time and Penumbric Speculative Fiction Zine.