The Sun Eats Itself to Sleep


︎︎︎ Lora Mathis

︎ MAY 23, 2022


This is not my home
It is a body
I found it on the ground and slipped it on

I live here now

Where the sun sizzles and drinks its own puddles
Splitting the sky as it goes


















Lora Mathis
is a poet, artist, and student living in Oakland, by way of San Diego.

Also by Lora: The Thing Is, The Snakes Came Back