melancholy

The Parade of Dead Things

Artwork by Useless Treasures

The Parade of Dead Things:

  1. “Milk, in a sippy cup

  2. Motherhood, in a book

  3. He told me left left left right there–

  4. The earth has swallowed his symptoms of negligence

  5. Toothpaste

  6. I took a right instead, and missed my exit!

  7. Against a sky of thunder and blue, that doesn’t listen…

  8. Baby wipes

  9. I was never good at following directions, but you were at the end of that rainbow, darling

  10. Some words still unshaped by my splintered lips like cavities, at times, they nest amidst my teeth.

  11. In that case he shouldn’t forget to sugar coat his–

  12. The car seat goddammit

  13. Tongue while he speaks. Please.

  14. Staples

  15. Bandaids

  16. I know sometimes he finds my silver rings in the folds of our bed sheets because my fingers have grown so thin that they slip off while I fight through his nightmares.

  17. When did this parade of dead things begin?

—

Margherita Bassi studied creative writing, history, and French at Boston College. She is an aspiring fiction novelist but is also passionate about poetry. Her favorite book at the moment (it changes on a monthly basis) is Le Cose che nessuno sa by Allesandre D’Avenia. Margherita is a big fan of Shakespeare jokes, coffee with lots of cream and sugar, horses, and working on a big desk next to clean windows with lots of sunlight.

More by this writer:

Be the first to write a comment.

Your feedback