from a delirium of flowers: “memoryfire”

a splintering of midrib, / the creaking of wind, / talk loosening into drivel, / the onomatopeic silence / reverberating through: // a ballpoint pen / scratching out a meditation on a napkin, / that napkin fluttering / in a palm, open and outstretched…

This poetry book follows a college girl’s obsession with dreams, nature, and psychology while suffering from depression, social anxiety, and homesickness. It is a strange yet oddly familiar narrative of mental descents… and the desire to find ourselves and make sense of the world as it becomes even more confusing.