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May 28, 2021 - By Edward Clifford
I gave the devil a massage in broad daylight on hot summer grass. Skin on my palms began to burn and melt. Agony can feel good when it s wrong. His moaning lulled me, kept me in the dark place. We didn t dance but I assumed his pleasure formed inside me. from What the Masseuse Finds in the Backyard, from Volume 62, Issue 1 (Spring 2021)
Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
The first thing I wrote was a short story in grade school about a boy who was lost. I started writing poetry in middle school and then in high school I became more serious about it and was encouraged by my English teacher to write more.