Cottagecore
There are wispy girls who love downpours
and spin coatless in the storm
stomping barefoot in pools of dirty water
in the jagged asphalt holes of the street.
I may wave to them all friendly-like
from a soft cushion beside a picture window,
wish them well in their endeavors in a noncommittal way,
but feel no need to join them now as they re-enact
some movie rated 86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
I’m writing my own that no one will watch,
with cardigans and feather beds, candles and sconces,
beautiful panes between me and the rain.
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Jennifer Schomburg Kanke lives in Florida. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Massachusetts Review, Shenandoah and Salamander. She is the winner of the Sheila-Na-Gig Editions Editor’s Choice Award for Fiction. Her zine about her experiences undergoing chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, Fine, Considering, is available from Rinky Dink Press (2019). She serves as a reader for The Dodge and as a Meter Mentor in Annie Finch’s Poetry Witch Community. Her website is jenniferschomburgkanke.com.
