Daughter
published in The Passionfruit Review, ‘Here and Now’ issue
https://passionfruitreview.com/daughter-by-samantha-malay/


in a cardboard box
with paperback books
wallet-size school photos
a light brown corduroy skirt
Lotus Blossom perfume vial
dry leaves
and horse chestnuts

between church basement coffee cups
and other crossroads promises

I found my rollerskates
long strands of dark hair caught in one wheel