Lynn Melnick was born in Indianapolis and raised in Los Angeles. She received a BA from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an MFA from Columbia University and was a finalist in Narrative’s Second Annual Poetry Contest. She lives in Brooklyn.

Forecast

by Lynn Melnick

Hauled uphill by lightning’s premonition,
I follow what soil

one flower cropped from,
the calla lily that bloomed lonely from the compost,


a garland for our finish.
Oh, electricity. It’s never quite enough.
People on couch
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