NORTHEAST OHIO
​SPOTLIGHT

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Poetry by Amy Williamson

words    keep    crawling
gurgling              screams
clawing    up    the   back
of      my     throat     they
can’t      get      past    my
teeth                    snarling
through       smiles      no
one      can    see    every
vicious            poisonous
flower      on  my tongue
i’m   trying   to   dig   you
out       of    my     system
you     grew    too    deep
i      can’t     uproot    you
without           destroying
the      foundation   i was
built                          upon
your       namesake    sits
in      the    pit     of     my
belly          warm       and
smooth       and   broken
in

Amy Williamson
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Amy Williamson is a graduate student of Youngstown State University and a student of fiction in the Northeast Ohio MFA program. She is the currently vice-President for YSU’s online literary journal Jenny Magazine. In her spare time, Amy practices her insomnia by never falling asleep before 2 AM, stalks Sebastian Stan across Instagram, and takes too many selfies with her cats. She’s an avid reader and a huge Cleveland Indians baseball fan. She can be found on Twitter as @hikomokushi.