Asparagus
snapped head perched
In a forkless kitchen
you pinch stalks
in long forefingers,
snapped head perched
between your teeth.
In a dream I had
three months ago,
you pressed me
in the dark earth
and held me down.
From my shell
burst forth
unfurling fronds.
In a dream I had
three months ago,
I was wild and green
and headless.
Juno Steele-Gray is a writer and artist originally from Coastal Virginia. Their poetry has appeared in Eunoia Review. They have never denied the wild horse in themself.
