When Eve bit the apple she bit hard
hard enough to get a mouth full of seeds
which of course
she spit back into the Earth
turning black under her feet
**
In the end
The Fall sounded like the shackled breath of Orion
or the steady pitch of the world screaming on its axis
Or maybe it was just Eve
biting through the core
J. P. Wickwire is an English and Creative Writing major at Salem College, a small liberal arts school, a tantalizing two hours from the science-fiction/fantasy hub of North Carolina. She professionally reviews speculative books and movies, and her short fiction and poetry have appeared in several publications, including Cicada Magazine and Bull Spec Magazine. She has no hobbies or life; she just reads and writes. However, she does have an amazing fiancé who puts up with the colorful cast of characters living in her head.
When Eve bit the apple she bit hard
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