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the nameless town of the broken unicorns

September 19, 2017 Isabella Ronchetti

the nameless town of the broken unicorns

Isabella Ronchetti

 

i wish the streets were made of oranges,

and the radish-vines could touch the stain-glass sky.

i would walk through crowds of nameless people

and long stretches of unicorn graveyards.

i would gamble with my future self

in a tiny bustling ice cream shop full of swarming, buzzing, nameless

people waiting in line for ephemeral, mint-flavored happiness.

i’d sell seeds of yellow and burgundy pain

for the windowsills of the little nameless children crowding around me

with their strawberry breath and seaside hair.

then i’d sit on a beach of powdered-sugar sand

and watch the peach sun drown in an ocean made of camomile tea.

i’d find a sign outside a coffee shop that would say “you are dreaming”

and as i’d be walking home along the orange streets,

i’d stumble upon a broken unicorn.

 

 

 

Photo "Orange" by 123edhouse

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About Isabella Ronchetti

Isabella Ronchetti is a young artist and writer originally from San Francisco, California. She spent a few years studying in Florence Italy, and currently is living in Virginia. She enjoys spending her free time reading psychology books, swimming, and people-watching. Her writing and artwork have won awards and appeared in magazines such as FishFood Magazine, Glass Kite Anthology, The Sigh Press, and Canvas Literary Journal.

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