Lucy Zhang
Break In
The dreamers wander
their hopes hidden behind a paper sign
“this car is unlocked” it reads
glass windows
unshattered.
You pry open the door
expecting a handful of quarters
maybe a crisp dollar bill
in the cup holder
only to find
spirits suffocating in mason jars.
You pick one up
unseal the lid,
release the vacuum;
the spirit seems to vibrate
and then shake
away its quarks and atoms
absconding to the coast
and then out of existence.
Now an empty jar in hand
you exhale a puff of a promise
condense breath into dew
and seal the lid.
their hopes hidden behind a paper sign
“this car is unlocked” it reads
glass windows
unshattered.
You pry open the door
expecting a handful of quarters
maybe a crisp dollar bill
in the cup holder
only to find
spirits suffocating in mason jars.
You pick one up
unseal the lid,
release the vacuum;
the spirit seems to vibrate
and then shake
away its quarks and atoms
absconding to the coast
and then out of existence.
Now an empty jar in hand
you exhale a puff of a promise
condense breath into dew
and seal the lid.
Biography
Lucy Zhang is a software engineer and holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science. She watches anime, writes poetry and fiction (when patient enough), and sleeps in on weekends like a normal human being. She can be found at https://kowaretasekai.wordpress.com/ or on Twitter (@Dango_Ramen).
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