Self-Isolation

We live in loose leaf pamphlets
inside the letters of no alphabet

and fall asleep on a thin moon
strung to the lid of a mason jar. 

I crouch in my own mouth
and stare at red traffic lights
through the unflossed gaps
between my teeth. 

My cheeks sucked in as I
nap beneath my tongue.

Loud knocks outside:
I swallow myself. 

Leave the package 
at the door. 

In an unlit cave
a thin cry is

delivered. 

Jérémi Doucet

Jérémi Doucet is an emerging fiction writer and poet. His writing has appeared in CV2, Gone Lawn, and several anthologies. He currently lives in Vancouver.