Music
was it worth it?
shaving your shoulders
the hard echo
in the last sip
re-focusing on money
your dress
the absent cigarette
skeltering in a narrow hallway
laughter that never happened
maroon carpet with years of saliva
others now ghosts of themselves
if you imagined the way it could be
you’d run too far
your stomach would hurt
we were friends
i saw you
gliding
while walking by
this, a single day.
this, my life.
she wants to say more
she wants to re-format
she wants to engulf
she wants to replay
the flowers flowing
down your dress
Memory
i feel i am old
because i watch myself
as though from the future
i want to give it time
but the worms are back
i am soil made of nothing
i am a fucked ant
i am intolerable to god
Swerve
they brushed their teeth
it was alright
we could talk about anything here
the books scattered, obviously
or the video games
life fades into love
i’ll see you again
Dani Ferrara is a poet, writing teacher, and self-proclaimed ‘pataphysician. She proudly graduated with an MFA from the School of Disembodied Poetics alongside some of the most incredible writers she’s ever met. Her work has been featured in Dream Pop Press and Black Sun Lit. She is in three garage bands: Warm Dad, Bad Bath, and The Spellmans. She is also part of the extended Black Market Translation Orchestra. Dani lives in Denver. [Daniferrarapoet.com]
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