Easy-to-peel

Morning

I starved the night for you.

Sunglasses   come on

And inside my limousine

I pretend I am a bountyless

County   where oranges breed

And flourish   flourish and bleed

Ego trips     the size of

Apollonian dreams.

I stand on the dancing bones

Of missionaries.   I conquer

Navels   some people call them

The sun.   Others the flavedo lanterns

That won’t give up.   Fire walks

On a creek.   Fire preaches

Thicker than peel.

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Sandrine Letellier finds inspiration in human nature, music, and visual arts. From Montreal, she self-published her first collection, Aftermath, in 2022, and her second collection, Surges, in 2024. Her work has been published in Sky Island Journal, Aurum Journal, Wild Roof Journal, Free Verse Revolution, Querencia Press, and more.