My Pumpkin Collapsed on Election Day

by Flora Snowden

 

because its inner walls had started molding and
     I’ve been thinking that I
might go freeze my eggs
     since I keep getting it advertised
every other thumb press it says
     FREEZE FOR LATER USE
like my grandma’s spaghetti
like we’re not sure if the world is
ending so hit pause but stay ready
     might need your offspring
for a future revolution we don’t
have the
     numbers on yet
I want to write about the world but
     keep coming back to this body
need to start looking through it instead of outside
     it guess it’s good I spent the day heaving
now I’m all clean and clear for
viewing eating nothing then rice
     leaves a lot of room
another thumb swipe and
     maybe they’re right ‘cause FOR LATER
     USE sounds pretty nice so
come scoop me out so I can keep
     going go back to high school–eat
          one meal a day again
can’t risk blocking the view from my newly
     carved face
orange and evil some say
while my sister screams pro-life
     and we watch each other wither
          from our freshly painted front porches
but I’m too busy trying not to overfill
     and too tired from holding up my molding
sides to question if I’m the one who carved my
eyes
     or to bother asking what banner
my FREEZE FOR LATER eggs are all taught to stand under

 



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