WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH MYSELF UNTIL JANUARY.

this is how we unfold;

a mattress is bruised yellow
and water stains the ceiling a moldy grey.
it is 1994 and your mother’s skin
is a flushed tan under the moon’s glare.

it is 1994 and the crickets beat the ground
like a crescendo.

here is the truth:
your father kissed your mother
like a promise. 

19 years later
and people say you have your father’s blue eyes.
i see something like summer in them
and i cannot trust the bunny rabbit in you,
still wavering on flight.

this is how we unfold;

we unfurl like the week-old carnations
from the supermarket that you buy only
when you make a mistake.

here is the truth:
you kissed her like a promise.
you kissed me like a promise. 

omg but i’m actually really liking shameless its filling the gaping hole that skins gen 3 gave me when they started existing.

Winter Tangerine Review is accepting submissions for our first issue for only 2 more weeks! Be sure to submit!

this is just my opinion. i don’t think that there’s a really huge difference between the type of poetry and the type of prose that i read and write. while of course, moby dick isn’t considered poetry, shakespeare’s romeo and juliette is a play right? but it’s often considered poetry as well. i think it’s up to the individual piece and the individual person to decide for themselves, but it’s all writing to me.

thank you so much! writers write what they know, and i pretend i know everything. there’s a lot of research that goes into my writing. i also get a lot of my work from the people in my life, so while i personally might have not experienced something, a friend or family member might’ve, and i use my outside perspective to write the subject as rawly as i can. :]

wintertangerinereview:

Head over to our Submittable page to send in your poetry, prose and art. The deadline for our first issue is May 1st.  At Winter Tangerine Review, we want the electric. We want the pieces that you have emptied yourself into. We want the imagery that startles us, that stirs something inside of us that we do not understand. We want the strongest analogies, the most devastating characters, the pieces that have us enthralled from the start. If you think you’ve created something that might do this to us, please submit. We’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible! 

i’m mackenzie zales. head cheerleader. homecoming queen. part. time. model.