Ryan Norman

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Writing on the lake🌊I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A BOND GIRL (The Daily Drunk Mag, 2021) 🌈 CICADA SONG (Finishing Line Press, 2021) |words all over the place 👀 he/him ryanmgnorman.com

A queen’s vermillion decree The red light sits loudly on her mouth, and gathers the silent void. It settles sharply, a drawn bow sealed by wax. The crimson parts briefly against celestial blacks The seal cracks.
I stood in an orchard, no cool mom in sight, with a cider cooling my hand: ‘He’s gayer than the last one,’ said a Madison, not a Regina. My boyfriend squeezed my waist as I chugged down my silence, coating my tongue too gay to function, my heart a flat line, my eyes unresponsive. An impulse sent to phantom lips: ‘Thank you.’