by Lunchbox Editor | Dec 7, 2023
When I was a child, in elementary school, The teachers would hand out pineapple during snack time, Shaped like sticks, in little plastic bags. I’m not allergic to pineapples, But the juice used to sting Both my tongue and my throat. I would complain to my...
by Lunchbox Editor | Dec 7, 2023
A place where twilight glints off of twisted cobwebs The stench of decades past, A ‘70s chandelier An inner dissension lingers here. The skylight floods the greenhouse in an otherworldly light Where rays of the moon force an ethereal containment of eternal design A...
by Lunchbox Editor | Dec 7, 2023
I sleep in a glass Pyrex container With the rubber lid sealed on And a napkin underneath to keep the glass from touching any other surface And a spoon to the side Used to eat me with I fit in the jar like crème brûlée I fill the base, covering the edges I come...
by Lunchbox Editor | Dec 7, 2023
In the next life, am I the traveler and you the strand? Will you take my sullen hand? Lead me through the paths of green Into fields and growth serene In the next life, are you the clock and I the hand? Will you tell me when my time has passed? For you are the...
by Lunchbox Editor | Dec 7, 2023
It was a warm spring day, When I got the confidence to ask her on a date, Her hair was half tied up, Showing the bleach blond under her natural light brown I knew I loved her 10 minutes into the date But we were about to graduate high school She...
