By Arianna Sebo
PROMPT — Ask Me.
How do you feel?
I feel like a vase of flowers
wide mouth clay vase
Muted mud colours
Yellow daisy flowers
Plastic stem as long as an arm
Nylon fabric bright but dusty
How do you feel?
I feel like a broom
Bristles full of dust
Dead skin cells and long hairs from a Persian
From the 90s Sticker still attached to the red plastic broom handle
Bristles bent and obviously
Never cleaned
How do you feel?
I feel like a wet tub
Slick with fresh hard water shower droplets
Persistent blue tub ring surrounding my edges
Dye from the blue and white patterned bed sheets created by a designer who supposedly killed herself
How do you feel?
I feel like a Christmas movie
A Disney production with dogs as the stars played every month for the amusement of a pug whose mental atmosphere is deeply cared for
I feel like a sandwich.
Arianna Sebo (she/her) is a queer poet and writer living in Southern Alberta with her husband, pug, and five cats. Her work can be found in Capsule Stories, Lucky Jefferson, Kissing Dynamite, Front Porch Review, and 45 Poems of Protest: The Pandemic: "The New Normal."