Charlotte Maiorana
All Good Here
Just the standard makeshift hazards of learning
the days of the week. On Wednesday, all our bones
remained intact. Another liberation day comes--
Bella Ciao is in a commercial now. It’s an election year.
That’s mommy’s angry face reminds me I am no good
at hiding the good old days. Since I’ve started measuring
time in azaleas, the buds are exasperating. I keep chewing
toss around not eating chicken again. I learn things
like how many organs we can live without. Tomorrow will
be the last cool morning. We’ll put the air conditioners in.
The season for open windows is short.
Charlotte Maiorana is an American-Italian writer and mother of two young boys. She is a current MFA student at Randolph Collegeand reader for Kitchen Table Quarterly. She lives in her hometownof Staten Island, New York. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming
in Querencia Press, Open Doors Review, and Arboreal Literary Magazine. You can find her at charlottemaiorana.substack.com and @charlotteccm on Instagram.
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Just the standard makeshift hazards of learning
the days of the week. On Wednesday, all our bones
remained intact. Another liberation day comes--
Bella Ciao is in a commercial now. It’s an election year.
That’s mommy’s angry face reminds me I am no good
at hiding the good old days. Since I’ve started measuring
time in azaleas, the buds are exasperating. I keep chewing
toss around not eating chicken again. I learn things
like how many organs we can live without. Tomorrow will
be the last cool morning. We’ll put the air conditioners in.
The season for open windows is short.
Charlotte Maiorana is an American-Italian writer and mother of two young boys. She is a current MFA student at Randolph Collegeand reader for Kitchen Table Quarterly. She lives in her hometownof Staten Island, New York. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming
in Querencia Press, Open Doors Review, and Arboreal Literary Magazine. You can find her at charlottemaiorana.substack.com and @charlotteccm on Instagram.
Return to July 2024 Edition