would you care by Robert Mayo

Illustration by Charlie Blodnieks

Illustration by Charlie Blodnieks

Would you care
to share
your feelings
about all of this?
I can see her
just behind my forehead
broken on the floor
and the flags of China dancing
sweetly on the moore.
“It is sad,”
I repeat
(as I have three times before)
“It is bad,”
I conclude,
and speak no more.

Robert Mayo is a senior at Columbia College studying English Literature. When he’s not writing he likes to run, do improv, and pet his dog.