LAST APRIL


︎︎︎ Nicola Maye Goldberg

︎ AUG 4, 2022


daffodils everywhere, earth
apologizing for winter – sorry

about the suicide, and that overdose
it was excessive, extravagant

but so are these petals
sunlit and smelling like butter

lie down
fill your fingernails with dirt

all your dead friends want you to





























Nicola Maye Goldberg is the author of the novel NOTHING CAN HURT YOU (Bloomsbury, 2020). Her work has appeared in Vogue, New York Tyrant, The Drunken Canal, Forever Magazine, and elsewhere. She lives in New York City. @nicolamayeg

Also by Nicola: SEXY BABY VOICE, BREAK UP POEM, RED, PREFAB