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My Student Daica Asks, What Are You Thinking?

By Dana Kinsey
my_student_daica

Illustration by Allen B Thangkhiew

~after Belle Waring

I’m trapped under a pontoon 

drowning in a Disney Princess

swimsuit like when I was six.

Muddy waters flood my lungs,

muffled words and cries float

from far away and our limbs

flail even as we sink but I can’t

make you believe that the sun

pinky swore under wooden

planks nailed in place by gods

who owed you plenty, gave you

nothing you deserved and now

both our lives are waterlogged.

Brick stories in your pockets

drag us closer to river’s floor

as our hair fans out desperate

to escape memories pounding

in our heads like jack hammers.

Your history screams overtop

mine because you’ve lived

at least a hundred or more of

my nightmares and drowning

was only a possibility for me.

Our stories huddle in this room

where fear can’t figure out how

to hurt us when we’re together.

Maybe we just lay our lives

on windowsills to bask in light

of promises fulfilled by a sun

who rises just to say your name. 


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Posted On: May 4, 2023
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