old lives

Ava Min | Spring 2023

because sometimes oranges and sometimes clementines
because I’m falling for a man that my friends don’t like
because the last bowl of cereal
and the arm in the fire
because i'm finally free
and he’s just my type

so tea and smoke and this class at five
and my mother has finally come back to life
rose-colored earrings and red dripping white

1. I miss you all
2. as a rule, you should too
a. impermanence and
3. business and
4. (i’m here for you)
5. if you’re not coming home
i. tell me
ii. so I make less food
iii. but still set your plate