Poem by Melodie Jones

after 680 South

friends were number one

until no one showed

and i sat in my party hat

all alone

like my parents

because the band was number two

unable to wear black

they haunt my mind

in the green two-tone van—number three

yellow lines stretch out before me

reaching into the black abyss

nothingness

Melodie Jones is twenty-two-year-old Ball State University graduate. She majored in English Education and minored in Creative Writing. She has been writing for ten years. Melodie currently has a poetry series on Channillo titled “Poetry: Free Therapy”. She can be found on Twitter @Miss_MJones.