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Merridawn Duckler

THE HIGH PRIESTESS

Last night you dreamt

of the devil

at a round table,

with a knife and an air

of injured innocence.

You dined on each

Other. A feast for kings.

Merridawn Duckler is a writer and visual artist from Oregon and author of INTERSTATE (dancing girl press) IDIOM (Washburn Prize, Harbor Review) MISSPENT YOUTH (rinky dink press) and ARRANGEMENT (Southernmost Books). She won the Beullah Rose Poetry Contest from Smartish Pace. Work in Seneca Review, Interim, Posit, Plume, Ninth Letter. Best Small Fictions 2025.

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