Oh!

by Jordyn Pimental

Oh!
The flora wraps
her tenderly.
Engraved her
in the ground.
Played with hair
and filled her lungs.

Oh!
Rushing and pacing
yet again.
April isn’t meant to be
so hot.
Although my heart did
quicken at the notion.

Oh!
Asked very hushed:
Is it real?
Well-versed
also pretty
enough to make up for it.
Like a picture
or a doll.

Oh!
Aging and crushing,
I’ll embark on the
patterned sea.
Not there yet
although soon.
I love you.

Doll Face

The ocean was alive and well

Life sprouted from each sea while the sun dripped down golden hair

Fitting as many seashells she could fit into the palm of her pearly hand

Now Celine went by Cel and she had evening shifts

But she didn’t always work

Once she slept amongst deep-water coral

Waking to lounge on a bed of barnacled rocks for hours

Soaking in the Pacific warmth, hours turned to centuries

And blue! It was all so beautifully blue wherever she went

A lavish year-long blue soiree with the other nymph women

They would look like ancient artwork when they danced

Once a goddess in her own right

Cel mastered the art of remembering her days with all that power

Before her shift started at eleven she’d stop by the shore

Reminiscing about her old forever

Then drooping with sorrow she’d shuffle back to the diner

Where the old men called her “doll face”

Night Bugs

As for the winged things up high
and the little worms beneath the earth
Lou hurt somewhere in between; feet planted in the herb garden.

Though none of them know
how to dream like a child.
Remembering made her fangs sprout and fur grow.

The lovage stopped growing
because it thought it was late.
Making so much shade that she attracted the night bugs.

She was a nightmare. A monster.
A female monster,
which is somehow far worse than a regular monster.

BIO

Jordyn Pimental is a college student and Massachusetts resident, often wandering. You can find her poetry and visual art in Sea Change magazine and Front Porch Review. Aside from writing and taking pictures, she enjoys finding feathers on the ground of all different shapes and colors.