She sewed her lips with Barbed Wire

Blood

pours

from between

her Plush lips.

The silver lines

that criss-cross her teeth,

that possess the voice box

in her throat...

sew her lips

sew her lips

sew them shut

with the barbed wire

lock.

She hums.

It’s all she can do...she hums

and it’s still silent

because they cut out her tongue....

uninvited guests

that pull off her hair,

her clothes,

and she doesn’t scream

because her lips

have been

sewn shut.