5am and the broken strap
of a white dress
it’s ghost pain
hanging at the Tropicana
chest pain
in a white line
with a bald dealer
I was hoping to be more
than Taco Bell Cantina
at sunrise
better than a flaccid white strap
Lindsey Steffes has an MFA in Fiction from University of California, Riverside and a BA in English Literature from University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her stories and poems have been featured in Midwestern Gothic, Black Heart Review, and Atticus Review. She is at work on a novel and is represented by Carrie Howland at Howland Literary. Her sad girl idols are Phoebe Bridgers, Sofia Coppola, and Anna Karenina.
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