𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝐼 𝒯𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝑀𝓊𝓈𝒽𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂𝓈 𝐼 𝒞𝓇𝓎 𝐵𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝐼 𝑀𝒾𝓈𝓈 𝑀𝓎 𝐹𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 (❁´◡`❁)

Phoebe Bennett

You placed a

single mushroom

on my tongue.

I filled up the

bathtub and

became a mermaid.

I walked through

the fog, crying,

because Nina would

love all of the damp

tree bark. She could

name each of their

species.

I toweled off.

Tears rolled down

my bright pink

cheeks. I was

in a tent alone.

You were there,

and you weren’t.

I want to forage

for herbs. Drink

tea. Whisper to

the fairies.

I’d like to be

mermaids again.

Phoebe Bennett is a New England-born, Los Angeles-based poet and a Virgo. Her Venus is in Cancer. She writes from a vintage children’s brass bed she found on Facebook marketplace.

@phoebeannebennett