Call & Response
by Jenna Jaco
If ever I should wink
at anything the way the glitter
that fell from your chest
winks at me from its resting
place in the middle of
the oldest rug I own,
kindly throttle me
starless somewhere close
to the home planet
of that chromey shifting speck
so I can unscream,
vacuum-harnessed, at
the gall and presumption
of whatever sloughed this
off and down to you,
the rug, and me.
Jenna Jaco (they/she) is a poet and technical writer from Texas. They are the author of Mall Water (Kith Books, 2024). She has had poems published in Ghost City Review, Peach Mag, Foglifter, and elsewhere, and writes unmarketable content at Cherub Microplastics.