Snapdragon
I gave up on buying seeds,
instead planting half-grown shoots
because I’m better at finishing other people’s work.
When she was little, they were perfect
because they always grew back.
But now we feel an affinity with the flower
that opens its mouth
when squeezed.
I gave up on buying seeds,
instead planting half-grown shoots
because I’m better at finishing other people’s work.
When she was little, they were perfect
because they always grew back.
But now we feel an affinity with the flower
that opens its mouth
when squeezed.
Beth O’Brien is an English Literature student at the University of Birmingham. Her debut poetry pamphlet, Light Perception, was published by Wild Pressed Books in 2019. She is the Editor of Mad Hatter Reviews and a reviewer for Riggwelter Press. She has had her poetry (and the odd short story) published in Foxglove Journal, Nine Muses Poetry, Dear Reader Poetry, BellaOnline Literary Review, Eunoia, Pulp Poets Press, and Peculiars Press, Picaroon Press, and Bonnie’s Crew.