Limerence
Category: Poetry-Prose
Context: Chilling Pen Contest Entry
Limerence is a dark narrative poem that opens with the sound of a knife cleaving through the night. Set in a butcher shop lined with animal heads and carcasses, the poem follows a young girl stepping into her father’s world — a clinical, cold front where flesh is currency. The piece balances visceral, atmospheric imagery with a tense father-daughter dynamic, building dissonance through its unflinching detail.