in a full car with my feet out the window

Maggie Odom

Kailu, HI

Le Jardin Academy

Poetry

singing the same song,

we,

who are a part time

drag queen &

a mormon &

someone learning to speak welsh &

someone missing a lover who moved to texas

(all of whom are me)

but i,

who am my own manic pixie dream girl,

am kissing myself in the moonlight &

missing the pieces of

myself that are all the way

in texas

EDITORIAL PRAISE

in a full car with my feet out the window bitterly captures the disappointment of trying so hard to be good and finding nothing good about it; the piece’s unassuming appearance covers a sophisticated self-awareness.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Maggie Odom is a poet and playwright who attends Le Jardin Academy (class of 2021) in Kailua, Hawaii. Her work has appeared in the Oahu Fringe Festival and the Hawai’i Women’s Voices Festival. She was the 2019 Hawaii State Poetry Out Loud Champion. Maggie believes in using the power of communication to make the world a better place.

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