failed metamorphosis
- Jun 26, 2020
- 1 min read
by Vanessa Maki
take a moment & think of the caterpillars
& how they must look forward to
becoming butterflies.
they go from one stage to the next
& when they molt for the first time
their old skin is gone
their body transforms
& then they become an adult butterfly.
picture me as a butterfly
little blk butterfly
never reaching metamorphosis
never molting
never being able to fly away
Vanessa Maki is a queer writer/author, visual artist & blk feminist whose work has appeared or will appear in various places. She has self-published chapbooks & has several chapbooks forthcoming or out this year: the chosen one (Animal Heart Press), sweet like limes (Bone & Ink Press) & another final girl (Roaring Junior Press).
