To my Roommate:

Your razor, it’s so nice, so
Sharp—those 4 pivoting blades,
that conditioning strip
with pearl-papaya complex--
I thought to myself, with shaving cream
Still smeared between my legs:
How smooth this envy is.




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Riley Gable is a student at Malone University in Canton, Ohio, where she studies creative writing, English, and gender studies. She is currently spending a semester abroad in New Zealand at the University of Otago. She has been published in Local Wolves, La Femme Collective, and Zaum Literary Press.