Pizzicato in E minor by Isabella Melians

fly beneath stratus clouds

on elephant ears

(mind the loosened girth

wrapped beneath her torso)

let these poppy seeds fall from your palms

and nestle within sunscreen groves

painted slick with sweaty worries

(don't look down)

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Isabella Melians (she/her) is a sophomore attending school in south Florida. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Fever Dreams, NonBinary Review, the B’K, and Southchild Lit. She has been published in places including India, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. She is also a poetry editor with Outlander Zine and Kalopsia Literary. Insta: @isabellam_04.