SUBMISSIONS

Submissions are accepted on a regular basis, year-round.
Can include, short stories, essays, poetry and prose.
Must not exceed 3,000 words.
Must be written by a current ESA student, or alumni.
Submissions are accepted: e.s.say.says@gmail.com

Saturday 5 May 2018

jumble

jumble


the past is untouchable,
yet
it may wrench your hands into knotted root systems.
leaching water,
lack of nourishment.
weeds and delicate flowers which compete for space,
thought, nitrogen, carbon, worms.
in the chaos of new.
yesterday is the dandelion,
and the Queen Anne’s lace and the black-eyed susan plants
are both full of
commending, honourable traits.
although seen in different lights,
both have purpose in teaching how to interact,
with vivid days of sunlight,
and dreary days of hydrogen.
love letters and declarations of independence are one in the same,
desire and dependence rule them.
/i am the flowing ink of love that connects and divides
   hills and hawks and birds and bones.
/i am the free-flowing oxygen
circulating in an external, eternal embrace.
all mimic one another.
patterns and rules,
yet
to be understood.

-Michaela Yarmol-Matusiak

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