Julia Gerhardt
A Poet You Might Like
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I read over old emails. I would call them exchanges, but I can’t, the evidence won’t let me. I sent “miss you’s” from the chapel balcony & links to poets I thought you might like. A boy below played his cello & I wrote to you “…beautiful. Very intense.” Now, I’m sitting on my floor with a space heater at my back while writing this. I added a candle to fool myself into feeling warmer. There is one light left while writing this. The closest you said to, “I miss you” was “I hate it here.” It’s still cold. I’m trying to embrace the lifestyle of a part-time artist, but it’s hard to find the romance in holding a hot mug of water close to my chest. I wish I felt warmer. I wish you had been kinder. I wish the one light bulb left would go out so I would have to make a change.
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Biography
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Julia Gerhardt (she/her) is a writer living in Baltimore. She was nominated for the Best Microfiction Anthology 2020 and Best Small Fictions Anthology 2020. She has previously been published in Queen Mob’s Teahouse, Rogue Agent, and others. Her poetry is forthcoming in Comstock Review. Visit her at https://juliagerhardtwriter.wordpress.com/
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