Sidelines
Gloria Chen

You sold the devil for free
And shivering inside me
Streams went down from your turquoise eyes
water the wilt blossom of mine
Your lower jaw found a hostel
on my forehead
Bury me with that black blazer,
your smile, your wine, and your glare
Sky was pale, I saw your contour
swimming with your wife
I’m the sands scattered in your hair
under the yellow bedroom light.

Gloria (SC '27) is an English major who studies medieval old men but writes about cross-cultural womanhood.