Very excited to say that my poem “Plantains” was picked up for Blue Fifth Review’s December Poetry Special.
Peeling plantains,
I sway in the kitchen while the orchid you gave
eases toward the lamplight.
I am waiting for your staccato on the door.
Green spikes my fingertips, and I roll bites
in sugar my tongue rejects.
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