Backwoods Carolina cravings while standing in California a few blocks from the ocean you left Virginia for
i’m in your town. i breathe
your beach. i’ll make you
osso buco, sweets. just
bring me butchered
whitetail shank
and promise to
be primal.
Oakley Ayden (she/her) is an autistic, bisexual writer from North Carolina. Her poems appear in Ghost City Review, Not Very Quiet, Neologism Poetry Journal and elsewhere. She currently lives in California’s San Bernardino National Forest with her two daughters. Find her on Twitter (@Oakley_Ayden) or Instagram (@Oakley.Ayden).