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Glasses
Erin Jamieson
Our glasses fill with winter’s frost
under a misty setting sun we drink
pixelated stars, a sliver of clouds
that thicken in our throats
as I warned but we
keep drinking
because you’ve
never been satisfied with
being a mere shadow
on this cruel ground
sometimes I long to be
a celestial being, part of inky
night skies with moonlight may
swallow us whole before
we are able to
Erin (she/her) holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Miami University. Her writing has been published in over eighty literary magazines, including two Pushcart Prize nominations. Her poetry chapbook, Fairytales, was published by Bottlecap Pressand her most recent chapbook, Remnants, came out in 2024.. Her debut novel (Sky of Ashes, Land of Dreams) came out November 2023.
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