Megan

“It’s as though I miscarried all that glee we are entitled to in childhood.”
― Durga Chew-Bose, Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays

“Flirtation –

After all, there’s no need
to say anything

at first. An orange, peeled
and quartered, flares

like a tulip on a wedgwood plate.
Anything can happen.

Outside the sun
has rolled up her rugs

and night strewn salt
across the sky. My heart

is humming a tune
I haven’t heard in years!

Quiet’s cool flesh–
let’s sniff and eat it.

There are ways
to make of the moment

a topiary
so the pleasure’s in

walking through.”
― Rita Dove

“There are so many photos I’ve never seen and questions I do not ask, because seeing them and asking them, I worry, precipitates an end.”
― Durga Chew-Bose, Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays

“How many versions of happiness involve a smile? Are determined by feeling fulfilled?”
― Durga Chew-Bose, Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays