Mary Shelly

Mary Shelly did not keep
Her husband's heart in a roll-top desk
For thirty one years after his death
For my poems to be normal
Mary Shelly did not learn to read
By tracing the letters on
Her departed mother's tombstone
For my writing to be light

 

ZoeBee

VT

19 years old

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  • 1893

    It was just a fluke that I happened to see

    The ghost of a girl in 1893

    I didn't think much of her, tried to ignore

    But then she came 'round in 1894

    A spirit was not something that I had wanted

  • Papercuts

    Did you know that, when you wrote me, I was made of papercuts

    That I was ink and glue and wax but mostly, I was papercuts

    Did you know that, when you read me, I am made of memories