By Jessica Gleason
She twirled in the mirror,
hair stringy and hay-colored,
admiring her new twenty-dollar
sundress.
It was the nicest thing she
owned, and unabashed pride
radiated from her in waves
of pure pleasure.
This dress. This would
be the beginning of
everything.
Jessica Gleason is an author, poet, and visual artist muddling her way through life. Gleason is a writing professor who enjoys wearing Star Trek uniforms and singing a mean hair metal karaoke. Her short poetry collection, “Sundown on this Town,” is available from Popcorn Press. She’ll also be included in “Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror Vol. 2”. https://jgwrites.carrd.co/
