A POEM + AN ANNOUNCEMENT…
Pine Cones
That was the night you talked about the moon
telling me it wasn’t really a moon,
but the Earth in the future
suspended in prescience,
as we ignored the baleful warning
and hung our wet stockings
on the goodnights of little children,
mistaking its foreshadowing for tidal waves.
And that was the morning I believed
in your gravity more than my levity,
when we watched geese re-alphabetize themselves
above our 3-speed Gran Torino,
unwrapped the plastic of a gas station
cheese danish and ate it
off the dashboard, writing the ballad
of the gum wrapper paper airplane
that crashed on its maiden voyage
out the back passenger window
into the pine cones down below.
We didn’t know that the calendar
would bring winter that would break
through The Sun Sessions record
into a soft, perpetual night
that chides my shoulders like a schoolmate,
when all the dogs have gone to bed
yet we still walk like lovers do,
naming every star Elvis
and every street sign home.
— by me
photo credits: one. two.
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hello, darlings! i thought it would be appropriate to post a some of my own work today because i have an announcement to make:
yesterday i received a very wet + crinkled acceptance letter from the university of pittsburgh!
i decided quite some time ago that i wanted to look for another university than the one i am currently attending to finish out my undergrad in creative writing. i decided on pitt (for many reasons) last year, but haven’t mentioned it too much because i am a huge believer in jinxes and messing with the universe. but the letter finally came, so i can finally share how THRILLED i am with you all. i’m going to pittsburgh!
i’ll be moving in august, and living on my own for the first time ever. i’m the standard amount of nervous + excited + nervously excited, and i’m also uber happy to know that i have all of you to share my upcoming adventures + experiences with. so thank you for all your love, support, and congratulations in advance! i wish we could have one gigantic meet-up so everyone could partake in the celebratory risotto + wine we’re having at my house, but since we can’t i’ll just send out several virtual hugs to you all :)
hope you’re all having a brilliant day!
xo Alison
