Child of Swords
13
by Angela Caravan
We are all middle school
girls in the PE changeroom
anticipating a body vanishing
a sliced apple ages softly
in a Tupperware, uneaten,
removing the self from container
for a bit of honest conversation
Angela Caravan (she/her) lives in Vancouver, BC, and writes both poetry and fiction. She is the author of the micro-chapbook Landing (post ghost press). Her work has also appeared in Broken Pencil, Pulp Literature, Sad Girl Review, Cascadia Rising Review, Sad Mag, Longleaf Review, and more.