The Latest Patch
The day is space junk
Forgotten fragments floating
Drifting
Like gnats across my eye line
Swatting
Small welts
Washers and bolts
Trying to fill the space in you
Sensing the need for filler
Waiting for the screw
Flying
Relentless knocks
Indentations cigarette wide
Burning cold
Reminders to look
At the hole
Search
For the fix
Seek a mechanic
If the leak
Persists
Ashley Robles (she/they) is your average chronically ill Hispanic bisexual and the only person you know that still wears fingerless gloves. She studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin and has been catching up on sleep and video games at her home in San Antonio ever since. Her work has been published in The South Carolina Review, Grim & Gilded, the Amethyst Review, among others. She is a recipient of The Bermuda Triangle Prize and a part of Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s Poetry Collective. She can be found online https://www.ashleyrobles.me/ and @mzashleypie.
