Fangs - Isabella De La Torre

Why is

a feline dismembered in the name of Lucifer incarnate

as it sleeks around, drinking the blood of young mothers?

I wonder if the taste was enough for the barbed tongue to wither from the acidity

Is a child strong enough

to withstand a vampiric bite leaking the afflictions of generational burdens

of every woman

who came before her?

Will living creatures remember the names

of sharp-fanged cats and wounded girls?

Isabella De La Torre is a Mexican-American writer from Fresno, California. She is an MFA Poetry student at California State University, Fresno. Intrigued by the animal world, she has a passion for wildlife conservation and advocating for endangered species. Her works deal with the animal perspective and the human race’s relationship with nature. She has been previously published in Hais: a literary journal and Honeyguide Literary Magazine.