JUKE
JOINT
Piece of Cake
it is all the more impressive when a shaky hand
manages to cut an even
slice. take a stab at sweet things
and spread frosting where we want
our hips to be in spring, fresh
and rounded like everything
else crumbling on our lips before there is
time to swear off tasting the fruits
of our own labor, smirk, or
tempt ourselves
another time.
Rosella Birgy is a current junior at Coe College and because of this, most of her writing is done late at night when she should be sleeping. Her creative work can be found in Overheard Lit, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, The Coe Review, The Pearl, and The Claremont Review, among others. You can follow her stream of consciousness on Twitter @rose_birgy.