By Madalyn R. Lovejoy
ghost town
a november remembrance
of moving home, leaving the present
pausing life to fly from a town
bustling with life
with traffic
with bodies
ever-present, always moving
our dreary drive through the streets
almost feels like
an unbecoming
a hollowing of body, of city, of soul
us spirits left
we feel something
like pride in our
unending haunt on the town
Madalyn R. Lovejoy (she/they) is a genderqueer lesbian studying Psychology and Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. They enjoy knitting, reading books that make them question humanity, and being out in nature. Published and forthcoming work can be found at Argotist Online Poetry, Delicate Friend, Wishbone Words, and Boundless Magazine. They can be perceived anywhere @mad_lovejoy.
