Carlee Klipsun
pity party
you started winterizing in june,
closed up the windows
and stacked wood in the hallway.
you entertained the splinters in your fingers,
showed them the mantelpiece once covered in hope.
you sat in the old chair and became its throw pillow,
stood up to make music with the vacuum at midnight.
the wine glass rim stain is your only friend until she isn't,
unable to move from the side table, she stays;
at least a pill bottle sunset can be enjoyed alone.
Bio
Carlee Klipsun is a disabled writer and artist from the Pacific Northwest now living in rural Georgia. Her previous written work has been published by Choeofpleirn Press and the Confluence Project's Voices of the River. Carlee spends her free time feeding raccoons and volunteering for her tribe, the Chinook Nation.