Popsicle
I melt like a popsicle in the summer sun
sweet and colorful in a watermelon swimsuit
not the gangly preteen I wished to be, but short-limbed and awkward still,
with scraped knees and frizzy hair,
dripping salty sunscreen-flavored juice onto the deck –
a stain.
Persephone Kirkland Delatte (they/them) is the aesthetic coordinator for Periwinkle Literary Magazine and a grad student. They are a writer and an illustrator, and they also make jewelry, embroider, and speak Italian. They are currently working on a debut YA sci-fi / fantasy series, and their poetry has been published by F(r)iction and The Mark Literary Review.
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