THEODORA HELGASON

​Scripps '22

e​​mpyrean meditation

​​this supernal creation can be found in the belly
of my breath. even pluto (you are still planet
to me!) is here in abundance. pocket-sized and
poplar-sized meanings:

Cosmos Chemos

You invited the universe into your brownstone, the order and 
Harmony of these cosmos circling your garden of white marble and 
Greenest grass. And you took me to church even though I don’t believe 
In God (at least this one).

American Crown

oh, you must feel majesty, in your coronacastle 
touchlessly transmitting your spell to me. who are you, 
evanescent America? why curse me with this enmity? am i