“Surviving Institutions” © Tybee Maitri

 

soup

Tuesday, I couldn’t drive
I was home at the table
my phone lit up, a message, a man
a name – I couldn’t remember
and then Wednesday
I read his apology
stepped out into the sun
and immediately forgot
Indifference yielding ash and
there’s an ardent amnesia
that stares into sweet sweeping wind
Until I’m sick, bored of boarders
I think I’ll make some soup

 

Roland Park is a poet and mixed media artist based in the Greater NYC area. She works as a language interpreter in various educational settings. She also apparently really likes soup.

Tybee Maitri is an artist living, healing, and creating in Western North Carolina with their cat Muchini. They studied Studio Art at Simmons University and love learning.