When your shot is exhausted, knock down the enemy with the stock of your rifle. If the rifle stock be broken, bite with your teeth.
—Russian Military Reader
Two stoppered rifles.
You hadn’t guessed
she’d look like you.
Even the enjambment in
her eyes: Same. Tiny breasts.
Jawcurve, waistsmall.
Fists that once were hands.
Perfect, exceptional teeth.
