"My Grief as a Hard-boiled Egg” by Mel Sherrer

My Grief as a Hard-Boiled Egg

When I was a child,
I wanted to eat hard-boiled eggs whole,
like a snake,
just take them in one swallow and let them
sit in my belly, still smooth
making me full and heavy.

My mother told me — if you try that,
you will choke and die.

Mel Sherrer

Mel Sherrer (she/her) is a writer, editor, and educator. She is a proponent of women’s learning institutions, having received her B.F.A. from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, and her M.F.A. from Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She is the Social Media Editor for South 85 Literary Journal, and she teaches private courses in Creative Writing and Performance Literature. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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