Jennah Figueroa
I SWALLOWED THE VIRGIN MARY
After discovering I am somehow always bleeding (inside and out)
I began to search for a solution. It revealed itself to me as most things do—
while in search of something else completely.
“old stock plastic pocket statues of various saints. The exact saint
you will receive is a MYSTERY”
There it was—my salvation in an internet ad. You can’t get this
anywhere else.
I couldn’t be bothered enough to read beyond “Mystery Capsule Saint”,
capsule was enough to make me hungry. And so, I climbed
into the mailbox to wait.
Salivating (not wanting to escape damnation—there are things
about debauchery I do like), I asked the mailman to open the
package for me and place it on my tongue. It felt like something I
couldn’t handle myself. We’ve never met before, but I had a feeling
she wanted it this way.
I swallowed the capsule of a tiny Virgin Mary
and now she’s stuck in my small intestine, never moving.
And it seems as though I’m never changing.