quarter-life crisis
globs of intention
I dream sweaty about levitating
my mother's face, aghast,
popcorn ceiling of houses past
/
yellow roses, worse-for-wear and
yellow cake, slanted, wet with berries.
7 candles in total. Impaled rosettes.
/
when I land on a birthday wish, it's
scattershot like a spirit box message:
body connect; frequency; more dance
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Erin Latham Shea
Assistant Poetry Editor at Wishbone Words
Content Writer + Editor at The Roch Society
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We had that same hideous nonsense on our walls, and I often dreamt of a world in those swirls... And this knocked me out!