issue 6
// poetry
We Could
by Autumn Williams
The cupboards are light, warm brown,
and covered in dirt.
Old windows let the dust blow in
through cracks, over months of sitting empty.
I can't clean it, but you can.
You have no time for paperwork, but I do.
We don't want to move, and we definitely want this house,
and maybe an old roof isn't so scary.
It's fixable, or replaceable.
There's a tree outside with perfect branches.
When they find a cure, we could climb it together.
about the author // Autumn Williams
| Autumn Williams is the author of two poetry books: her chapbook “Waves”, and her number one bestselling collection “Clouds on the Ground”. Her poems have been featured by Flare Magazine, Arcana Poetry Press, The Poetry Lighthouse, and others. She also earned a silver medal in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her work is influenced by the chronic illness she has, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, but is written to be universal. |
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