Strip


    To perform a spell of expulsion


    I would begin peeling an onion,


    prettily placing each skin apart


    like glaucoma-ed coronas


    or abalone shards.


    If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.Then, sugaring the pot,


    I would cry tears,


    96 or more,


    into any jug or gourd


    until it was just as full as not,


    keep it in some dry, hiding place


    and in the evaporating time


    I would place an onion layer, one


    each on my eyes


    then shuffle the rest,


    read them like a deck


    and play solitaire.


    - Kat Isacson