This Poem is for You
You are not something to fixYou are not broken, faulty or badYour failures are not a metric of your worthinessYour human mistakes do not excuse you fromreceiving love, praise or belongingYou do not have to earn a spot at the…
Toni Dunne
Bounty
It’s August because the cabinet is emptyof the too many vasesblooms and bursts of tangerine, violet, fuchsia every flat surface an altar Because the figs have arrivedhonoured guests in tight green jacketstheir heavy bottoms, split and stickyabundance alchemized into jamsweetness preserved…