“The Moon in Seven Jars” by Erica Reid

 
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The Moon in Seven Jars

 

i.

 

The moon is a porcelain plate

            that the goddess

            will shatter later.

 

 

 

 ii.

 

The moon is a lump

            that the goddess finds

            in her breast

            in the dark.

 

 

 

iii.

 

The moon is a coin

            that the goddess flips...

            Heads, she goes. Tails,

she goes.

 

 

 

 

iv.

 

The moon is an opal

            that the goddess swaps

            for something

            she can eat.

 

 

 

 v.

 

The moon is a flashlight

            that the goddess shines

            toward what she hopes

            will be nothing,

no one.

 

 

 

 vi.

 

The moon is the origami

            that the goddess likes best.

            Wads it right up

in her fist.

 

 

 

vii.

 

The moon is an onion

            that the goddess bites

            when she can’t quite cry.

 
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About Erica Reid
She/Her/Hers

Erica Reid lives in Fort Collins where she is an MFA candidate at Western Colorado University, an editorial assistant at THINK Journal, and works in marketing for the Colorado Music Festival. In 2021, her poetry was commissioned by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; in 2020 Erica won the Great Isolation Writing Contest in the poetry division. Her poetry has recently been published by Twenty Bellows and Pinesong and is forthcoming in the Yalobusha Review.

Blog: https://gowestyoungwoman.com/

@erica.n.reid

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