Bitter is an indie literary magazine that seeks out experimental and visceral work.
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alert and oriented times four
“feel this city skyline, its beautiful body and us rib-spilt all over the rooftop. tongues groping the distant lights – somewhere, a mother we pretend not to miss.”
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custodian of the breath
“Custodian of the breath whispering through veins and torn toenails put your ear to the dust, i’m told, for it spells our future”
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Sand Beast
“I’ve seen others flame out. Their bodies torched in a moment. A life here, then gone. Protein to ash. That’s how Bet died. I watched him go. Couldn’t even shout his name before he was cinders. Bet was like the sand. He was constant.”
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