These work—I take one every night instead of getting stoned.
The taste is fake strawberry, in a good way, like a snow cone.
I feel rested when I wake up, and I remember my dreams.
I only took one star off because in the last dream my husband
found out he had gotten another woman pregnant a long time ago
and it was very painful for me. To see the new little boy as
his carelessness. There wasn’t a way to express my anger
that he hadn’t prioritized our future before we’d met.
I just kept feeding the kid cereal, wondering how I’d know
when he was full.
ABOUT THE POET
Hannah Treasure is a lecturer in the department of English at Clemson
University. She received her MFA in poetry from Brooklyn College in 2020.
Her work appears in The Brooklyn Rail, Ghost City Review, Sonora Review,
No Dear, Volume Poetry, and elsewhere.
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