HONEY

By Erin Jamieson

saccharine & stinging

I balanced the weight

of honeybees &

mindless summers

where I ran barefoot

drinking Capri Sun

running through sprinklers

with a brother who-

a decade later

would transform &

melt away like the

soft serve ice cream

I always ate too slowly

certain I could keep

its sweetness under

a beautiful, unforgiving

summer sun

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Erin Jamieson is a poet and author and her work is inspired by mental illness and relationships. — We are tremendously inspired by the poetry we’ve received and honored to highlight this writing in ZO Magazine’s Decennalia Poetry Expo.