Don't Take the Poison by Katya Mills

Short Story

' Don't Take the Poison '

by Katya Mills

here: 

https://latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/07/29/dont-take-the-poison-by-katya-mills/

turn off

the hum 

drum 

of political bs 

on fox cnn

 tmz 

and the 

like 

made u 

wanna exit 

the earth 

it was easier 

to just turn 

the shit 

off

by

#katyamills

inquire

honest
troubling and
blue


she was
elusive


one had
and had not
and had


a crew
struck out at sea
to capture


for glory
bound


then
drowned


translucent
four thousand fathoms
down


forever 2
inquire


sapphire
sapphire




by #katyamills

happenstance #4252

a half grain 

of morphine
got him up 

walking around
curious 4 whatever comes
after body 

dies



he heated coffee
on the stove



a nest of hatched sparrows
precariously stitched
above the door



emboldened by
the happenstance
he got affable
with telemarketers





#katyamills

promise

my love

you need not promise 

just keep it to yourself 

and when its time 

be there

7.20.25

 they got you off the streets

the endless excitement of love and danger

you approached us

courageously

kisses between the eyes

you know something you

learned out there

defenseless

spiritual

7.19.25

 I think I see some onyx coloring around my lovelies eyes this morning. Loki & Vegas. I took my vitamins and they wound the mineral zoomy down to sweet sleeps!

July 14

 not idolatry

more like I am thinking of you more like whispering to you I remember you and the lightheartedness and laughter you brought to my life in one of its valleys and I thank you

#KatyaMills

use it up

you could use a life up involved seeking some give up on you you're not around much you're out there they label you deviant and you pause reflective in your body of work and smile because it's true you're not normal and it may as well be high praise


#katyamills

you could use a life up involved seeking some give up on you you're not around much you're out there they label you #deviant and you pause reflective in your body of work and smile because it's true you're not normal and it may as well be high praise

'the painstaking truth' by Katya Mills

A story I wrote (flash - 750 words) was published here ... 

https://latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/the-painstaking-truth-by-katya-mills/

prism

when pressured 

2 go with the grain 

in a way monotonous and gray 

back in the day 

they lifted the paperweight

to the sky. determined to bring it down

with a crack to the skull

had the glass not made colors

bold on the white classroom 

walls

#katyamills

BAD@LOVE - by Katya Mills

flash short #story published today here on latinosusa ... https://latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/bad-love-by-katya-mills/