"sometimes I am the ice / sometimes I am the sun / but always I am afraid" (based on the prompt by Joseph Fasano)

My Name Is Catie

"my feet follow fireplace / my stovetop serenades me" (page 20)

chasing embers

"clouds bent down / like they're praying / after years of not going to mass" 

Lapsed Catholic Goes On A Roadtrip Through Ohio

"You dream of kitchen tables, of coffee brewing next to your nonstick pan. You want someone to hunger for you"

"I tighten the laces of the boots into a double knot, then into a triple. I can never be too careful. I take a step and the oats stay secure. Today the world will not end. I have done my duty."

Oatmeal Boots

"how sun ends a day: / yawns tangerine" (page 19)

On Love

"the house engulfed / in tabby cat orange" -I Hate Mondays

"every bite I take / of this half priced TV dinner / could be the one that chokes me" -On Loneliness

(Page 74-75)

I Hate Mondays; On Loneliness

"1. First off, count your bees. Call out, “Alexa, what is the number of bees in my house?” She will know. She sees everything."

Catie Wiley

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