August 2019
Eve, A Flapper
by Nadia Farjami
she rises with the ravens & walks
on the street bare
she shuffles her tap shoes on
the cement
she clutches cigarette
smoke and
wraps it around her waist—
a loose corset
she’s boneless;
her skin is sticky
with cider
she’s no longer
in eden,
but she’s finally
her own