I.
the world’s favorite color is blue
because oceans haunt dreams, leave teeth marks on cheeks
the kids who sit on turtle shells, who eat fish raw
their favorite color is four
avoid decisions
avoid mothers in the kitchen packing lunches with expired tuna
for fathers out collecting scallops
II.
a charlatan god
taught the kids what reincarnation means
drowning and sprouting wings
becoming blue morpho butterflies
god also told them
eat each other’s wings down to the spine
until sick of butterfly fibers, splintered bone between teeth
Emily is a graduate of Susquehanna University with a BA in Writing and a BA in Publishing. She has work published in HOOT, Rock & Sling, The Apeiron Review, and Stone Canoe. When she isn’t writing, she can be found reading fantasy novels or watching Top Ten videos on Youtube.
