1

out on the pond
in the little
green boat
i reach out for
your hand

2

my love
is no secret
all i want
is to be
with you

3

a song every
Swiftie knows
that blank space
waiting for
your name

4

taking off the new dress
like a flickering candle
her heart
wavers
another rain check

5

turning twenty
mom’s arms
around me
as we doze off
to the tv

6

under a blanket
in the boiling pot
that is my room
I find myself feeling
cold

7

dressed in black,
an old boy sits
and can’t understand
why his owner
won’t wake up

8

the smile stains my memory
and bleeds into
every day
I try my best to shield myself
but it finds me anyway

9

not geological
but we live
mostly in
the anthropocene
anxiously

10

graduates
don’t know where
we are going
but we’ll know when
we get there

11

little girl on
the family’s photo wall
unhappier each year
until her photos finally
disappear

12

10th grade health class
the boys cry murder
about metaphorical menstruation
I curl into myself and
breathe through my cramps

13

last night
I watched The Notebook
and I couldn’t stop the tears
so why is it so hard
to cry at a funeral

14

chock-full of
nutrients, vitamins, minerals
so why don’t these superfoods
make me feel so
super

15

sidewalk chalk
running down the driveway
bleeds away in a haze
as my dad washes
his new car

16

sometimes
my life is like a movie
an unremarkable movie
that i’m watching
in the dark

17

honey bee
face plants in pollen
the way
I breathe
in love

18

sitting at the bar
as a man drones to my left
rubbing alcohol
would taste better
than his words