Still Life
︎︎︎ Rebecca Warlick Cooke
︎ Aug 8, 2025
Our baby breathes in smoke
from the open flames two tables down
Light grey and dark grey concrete
with red paint ground in it
A girl swings the wheel of her scooter
around like a tank gun, and nearby
a gang of angelic blondes play
Their parents set the table with cups of juice
and birthday cake
They’re having a party
while the solemn fat child tends to the fire with a stick
waiting for her mother to return
from the open flames two tables down
Light grey and dark grey concrete
with red paint ground in it
A girl swings the wheel of her scooter
around like a tank gun, and nearby
a gang of angelic blondes play
Their parents set the table with cups of juice
and birthday cake
They’re having a party
while the solemn fat child tends to the fire with a stick
waiting for her mother to return