I’ve been
creped
so long.
O, raising agents,
hoist my hebe-
tudinous
heart.
Whisk and peak
mountains
of meringue,
aerate nutrient-
deficient marsh-
mallowy
buoyant
sabayon to sabotage
the heavy humdrum
of my head.
Whip an angel
cake
to a saccharine fond-
ant froth, conceive
a to-have-and-to-haute
croquembouche
to honey
my disposition,
my soufflés losing loft
in oven slams.
Deliver me
from devil’s
food.
work appears in 100 word story, Atlas and Alice, Bending Genres, The Citron Review, The Disappointed Housewife, The Dribble Drabble Review, Flash Boulevard, Gone Lawn, New World Writing, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Midway Journal, Milk Candy Review, Mslexia, The Offing, Tiny Molecules, trampset, and elsewhere. She’s received nominations for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Best American Short Stories, and Best Microfiction.
