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
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