TO THE JELLYFISH WHO STUNG
by Jessica Beck Alberg
TO THE JELLYFISH WHO STUNG
Thank you for those
red sweltering
child scribbles. I look
beautiful with your
addition to my body.
Thank you for your reminder
of my distance from nature,
from cedars
and their glued
-on needles.
For the warning
that I do not belong.
Thank you for your hidden ways
and thank you
for your brainless form
which reacts instead of thinks.
I could use more of that.
People who kiss instead
of thinking about
kissing. Who hurt instead
of thinking
about hurting.
Jessica Beck Alberg
Jessica Beck Alberg is a queer west coast poet currently doing her required time in New York City. She is a double master of poetry, holding one MFA from The New School and one MsC from The University of Edinburgh. She was recently published in 'Gramma Press' and ‘VIRTUE 02.' When not falling out of trees, or talking to the moon, she’s busy not texting people back