perhappened mag
issue 1: CARNIVAL
concrete poem in the shape
of half a sno cone
MICHAELA MAYER
the thrill of slipping away
from parents into the throng
of unknowns, the grass crunching
under your sneakered feet, the lights
garish & bright over faded paint
& suddenly you are ten again,
sweets-saturated & heavy
with sudden knowledge
of what it means
to be free,
the tickets
clutched
in your
sticky
fist.
from parents into the throng
of unknowns, the grass crunching
under your sneakered feet, the lights
garish & bright over faded paint
& suddenly you are ten again,
sweets-saturated & heavy
with sudden knowledge
of what it means
to be free,
the tickets
clutched
in your
sticky
fist.
Michaela Mayer is a 24-year-old writer from Virginia. She holds a B.A. in English from the College of William & Mary, and has been previously published in Winged Nation and Burning House Press. She has an upcoming poem in the June issue of Mineral Lit Mag.