“September 12th,” by Leigh Lucas (Poetry ’17)

Poetry alum Leigh Lucas was recently featured in Defunct. Read an excerpt of “September 12th” below:

September 12th

We sat, wrestled paper with markers and scissors and

 

held our own small fates,

 

in a homemade deck of spell-casting cards,

 

drawn perfect from memory —

 

deadly nightshades, unicorn horns,

 

black cats and a single prince.

 

Read this poem in its entirety here: https://defunct.site/issue/10/authors/122/leigh_lucas/250/september_12th