Beauty is in
the eye of the beholder.
They’ll tell you that whatever the object is
doesn’t matter.
But it means.
And you see it,
and you want it,
Category: Intertextuality
Cirrus after “Child in a Straw Hat” (c. 1886) by Mary Cassatt
One too many thoughts
and now you’re tired,
sullen, disappointed
and, sigh, the drama of it all,
the suspense, the waiting
for some adult
Voice
Little pieces of you in my veins, like shards.
You say, you got me wrong,
and I say, ah, honey, that’s not you, that’s me,
is it my fault,
thrill
Decision letter erasure poem after Burnings Magazine
(original publisher of “Voice” and “sometimes when lydia wants to answer a question, she”
Ember / is / in
decision letter erasure after Delicate Emissions Poetry Zine & EIC Dusti RW Levy (Ember & Sunset in the May 2025 issue)
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(decision letter erasure after Bleating Thing)
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(after “Sand”, written by Jordan Johnson, Taylor Cameron Upsahl, Michael Ross Pollack, Dove Olivia Cameron, and Stefan Johnson)
I’m like one big puzzle;
what’s up with all these lines and curves?
Fragments of myself always
you / personally
you……………personally
…………your style and voice
in the flickering starlight i know
in the flickering starlight i know
after Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles
Drafting
in the morning,
words were
wonderful, the
words were
in the morning,
wonderful, the
Alphabet Ravine 