Remembering Sunday on a Saturday Night
The road stretched like
lyrics, where there were lines
to cross
and a night to argue with
Crushed between
the passenger seat and a matchstick
body was my favorite hoodie
Lips like asphalt -
hottest during the summer
She said
I hope this makes you sad
And the metal hummed
beneath our blacked-out Vans
Lannie Stabile, a Detroiter, likens the process of creative writing to spanking ketchup: grueling, but necessary. Works can be found, or are forthcoming, in The Hellebore, Kissing Dynamite, Cauldron Anthology, Monstering, and more. She is penning a novel and chapbook, and recently became Project Manager of Barren Magazine. Twitter handle: @LanniePenland. Writer website: https://lanniepenland.weebly.com