Luca – Maya Elena Jackson
Luca
Finally,
I’m so free I could die.
The carnival sign said
“You can ask for anything!”
I said
“Do you have the silver ring
I found at Bookmans, and gave
To my high school boyfriend who
Wore it while he
Played the drums and
Bent its shape?
Because I am trying
To find a place where my expertise
Removing the charms from his hands
Has some sort of use again.
I am hopeful you can
Help.”
When he was quiet I said
I was joking
But wasn’t.
Maya Elena Jackson is a female author from the heat of the Sonoran desert. She is hopeful that the words used as her descriptors make you like her more.