“Spoons” by Terra Peranteaux

they said we were
spoons in the drawer
our curves
could never hide teeth
never burn
never puncture
but our reflections
came back
upside down
and they never
saw how we snared
them in the vines
twisting down
our necks

Terra Peranteaux is a student at Utah State University. Her poetry also appears in Sink Hollow Literary Magazine. She enjoys travel, playing music, and writing.