Florivore by Maša Torbica

November 28, 2022
Poem name: Florivore Poet name: Masa Torbica Poem: When should she have known? The first time she swallows her words to feast on profuse affection. * refused calls and letters trigger a barrage of gifts, inscribed with atonement, glutting her doorstep. * he cites rupture and repair, insists their reunions prove it’s like cutting back blossoms to double, deepen the bloom. * hand draws back, hand draws close, and he draws petal after petal, forming a bouquet under her clothes. * the petals fade, the pistils morph: red, blue, purple, bright yellow, light yellow. Red, End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Maša Torbica Maša Torbica (she/her) teaches at the University of Waterloo, located on the Haldimand Tract. Her recent work appears or is forthcoming in Canadian Literature, 32 Poems, Consequence Forum, Portland Review, and elsewhere.