a literary journal

POETRY

origami


 

we climb up the cuttings 

in the hill. chalk under nails,

your laughter plunging into 

the sun. 

cigarette

dangles from the corner of your lip,

curling its 

origami smoke.

 

i say look at the view, 

you say you’re already looking 

at it - your half-baked smile 

waning

 

over the horizon, as pavements below

crackle 

with chalk: kids’ games; strangers’ names, 

all swoon 

as the 

day

blushes into pastel.

Zebulun O'ReganGuest User