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enter sandman

by Julie Larick

             Do you crack so hard you melt in December?
Violently and parched, the shimmering,
              thirst-starved sea of sand,
the unlucky,

           undiluted, clumped-
together soul of you in this

           sand-man, the embodiment of
death metal and a dry tinderbox cough,

           his plush scarf a stripped-down pickled cactus,
charming sweater buttons morphed

           into a blazing ring of sun,
stick-arms the craving leaves of

           Ironwood,
smiling placidly to the dry pale

           ​December sky.
Julie A. Larick is a student and writer living in Cleveland. She studies English and Environmental Science at The College of Wooster. Julie edits for The Incandescent Review and interns at GASHER Journal. She has poems forthcoming or published in perhappened mag, Ogma Magazine, and others. Julie loves to sew, watercolor, and was born in 2003. Her portfolio is http://www.julielarickwriting.com and her Twitter is @crookyshanks

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