pink cherry blossoms in branch brook park new jersey

persephone on the passaic

By Anastasia Bez

the cherry blossoms came early
they keep disappearing people
impatiently we buy stone fruit
the geese returned
roosting in a grassy median
just past the new jersey turnpike exit
yesterday was 80F
the wind tangled my hair
i couldn’t decide if i needed a jacket
today the fog obscures the skyline

Anastasia Bez is a Newarker interested in the movement of bodies and words.

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