New Year 2018
Stephanie Kutner
The first fireworks were lit
to scare off spirits.
I hope tonight's will scare ours
together into the sky's
alchemy of colors.
What's left of your sweat
I wear like gunpowder,
hiding me from this night
when spark by spark
I must give us up
to ordinary explosions.
to scare off spirits.
I hope tonight's will scare ours
together into the sky's
alchemy of colors.
What's left of your sweat
I wear like gunpowder,
hiding me from this night
when spark by spark
I must give us up
to ordinary explosions.
Stephanie Kutner holds an MFA in fiction from Emerson College and a BA from UNLV. She adjuncts at the College of Southern Nevada and as a result, also works at a call center, though the highlight of her career was working as Jacquelyn Mitchard's assistant. Her writing has appeared in the Huffington Post and The Culture-ist, among other places and her latest essay is forthcoming in Kweli Journal's spring issue.
