There is plenty
of time
to watch lapses
of overcast
move above.
For now,
I watch
my younger siblings
shape eggnog taffy
into humpback whales—
dexterity &
imaginative whims.
How else
to stay intact?
Internalize the lives
between quotations.
Remember how
I have wronged you.
Make a career
out of spotlighting fractures
within a woman—
reluctant-mosaic & thus so—
questionably so.
In the midst of matching
the weather
selected oncoming Blizzard,
I must distinguish myself
in a quieter, slower setting—
everything else
can speak
for itself.
— Published 11th December 2018
About Brooke Nicole Plummer
Brooke Nicole Plummer dwells in the Midwest region, reminiscing about cataloging George Washington’s eulogy & showering love onto her two cats, Ginsberg & Amoria. Her work can be found in Wordplay Anthology, Paper & Ink Zine, Twyckenham Notes, Terror House Mag, Ursus Americanus, (b)OINK Zine, & some academic journals. Her first chapbook, FLYOVER, COMPILED NOTHINGS , was released in November of 2018.