You have the emotional

intelligence of 

an unripe 

cantaloupe.

Or maybe a red

balloon, floating,

not even alive— 

yet filled with air.



Lucy Knight is a Theatre graduate student in Louisiana. Short plays include Morgause (SF Olympians Festival 2019), and Cynthia v. Admin. Her first chapbook of poetry, Abundant Still (BookLeaf), was published in July/2021.