SARA MUMOLO

 

"I DO NOT LOVE YOU NOR DO I PLAN TO"

 

For my birthday you bought me a pen pal
a child               but you read all our letters
we played hangman for 8 months             once

The hopscotch            just for toe use
Your belief                 on the smallest talon
owls pantomime         this confusion    toy mountains

you accuse me of lion trapping
I T’ S  F I R E   S E A S O N  I N  C A L I F O R N I A
manes hung on entry

I wear all my jewelry to bed      rip the sheets
shhhh you sign               when bracelets clang
to warn                     I am not a school on fire

 

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TYPO 13