Random thoughts for Valentine’s Day 2022:
Despite this day being a holiday invented by
greeting-card companies,
it’ll be a good day.
I’ll ditch work,
take my car to somewhere
the girls on Grindr outnumber
the chasers.
Where I’ll meet someone
new, ask them to marry me,
and we’ll talk about the slugs
and their trails on the rocks.
She’ll be laying out, on the grass
and I’ll just stare and
admire the casted shadow the setting sun
lays onto the individual blades.
We’ll talk about moving out of
here, wondering the logistics,
and discuss the ways in which
we’ll wane and wax.
Like, growing older and
having boobs sag with
the nipples untouched by
our children’s lips.
Or, growing older and
laying onto the grass,
with the slugs, and feeding
them, as one last gift.
Sappho Stanley is a transsexual woman (she/her) and Senior at East Tennessee State University. She is working on her English undergraduate degree as well as two minors in Creative Writing andWomen, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Currently, she lives in Mount Carmel, Tennessee with her cat Kevin. You can find her Instagram and Twitter accounts @sapphostanley