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Jack-O’Lantern

Monthly Muse
Byline photo of Sierra Orlick
Sierra Orlick, Copy Editor
October 6, 2025
Categories:

Jack-o’-Lantern

 

Wax melts to my frame,

                                     Contorting my carved shape

As I kneel to the phoenix-colored flame,

                                     Throat charred awake

 

Peeling the creamed skin off my lips, 

                                    Nothing is born but teeth

                                                  And a flimsy tongue—

                                                             My crown of wind-bitten leaves

I am not who I seem,

For I can be whatever the breeze foresees

In the embers that light my eyes

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