COCOONING

 

burrowing from glaring light

in cozy annex, darkened crazy

imagination will twine a vortex

 

where neon imperfections

smash alongside the head

 

for the crowd's

twisted merriment

 

you thought I was beautiful

before and I suppose I was with

my accordion wings and intricate

pattern screaming to be ripped

 

I am an enduring insect

 

and my torn wingtip crushed

                                naked

on the sidewalk will stalk you

every time you walk by.

Rhonda Mino-Melanson specialized in creative writing in the Artist In The Community Education program at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She has been published in various print and online publications such as Regina Weese, The Droplet Journal (US) and First Time (UK). She has also entered playwriting competitions such as the Ottawa Little Theatre One Act Playwriting Competition. After a long drought of not writing or hating what she wrote, she has returned with a focused voice.

Dance to Death, Issue IV

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